OGUN State Governor Dapo Abiodun says the State House of Assembly has the right to choose their leader.
Governor Abiodun’s comment comes 48 hours after the change of leadership in the State House of Assembly.
Former Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo was impeached and replaced by Oludaisi Elemide on Tuesday.
“It is the prerogative of members of the House of Assembly to choose their leadership in line with the constitution and the law guiding the conduct of the Assembly’’, the Governor said in a statement on Thursday.
“There had been internal wrangling in the Assembly that had persisted and degenerated despite several interventions’’, he said.
“It is the prerogative of members of the House of Assembly to choose their leadership in line with the constitution and the law guiding the conduct of the Assembly.”
Oluomo was impeached after he was accused of high headedness, lack of focus and transparency, arrogance, poor leadership style, financial misappropriation and inciting members against themselves.
Abiodun however, noted that his government is “working with the leadership of our Party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Government intends to see all the contending issues resolved in a democratic, fair, and just manner.
“The Ogun State Government notes that the Honourable Members have openly stated that their grouse is not with the Governor, whom they again pledged their loyalty to.
“Given that the Ogun electorate gave us a mandate to represent their best interests and deliver democratic dividends that will significantly improve their well-being, the Ogun State Government, along with the Party leadership, have intervened to ensure that whatever disagreement members have is resolved peacefully and amicably, so that the delivery of democratic dividends to our people will not be hampered in any way.”
