Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose
The lawmakers-elect for the Ekiti State House of Assembly have said they would not be tools in the hands of Governor Ayodele Fayose, whom they described as their mentor and leader.
All the 26 state lawmakers are members of the Peoples Democratic Party and loyalists of the governor.
At a press conference in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, the lawmaker-elect for Moba Constituency 1, Kola Oluwawole, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, said that matters brought before the Assembly by Fayose would be subjected to thorough debate in the interest of the people.
He said that the next Assembly would protect the principles of separation of powers, in spite of belonging to the same party with the governor.
Oluwawole said, “The next Assembly won’t be a rubber stamp. We are going to give the people robust legislation through thorough and dispassionate debate of issues brought before us.
“We can disagree with the governor if that will make Ekiti better, but that will not truncate our relationship as brothers and sisters. We will do exactly what the constitution empowers us to do, which is to serve as checks and balances to the executive.
“The Lagos and Osun assemblies in the South-West were populated by members of the All Progressives Congress, does that make them a rubber stamp? So, it will be wrong for people to think we are going to be a rubber stamp because we are Fayose’s loyalists.”
On the impeachment crisis rocking the Ekiti Assembly, the lawmakers-elect claimed that they had reached out to Speaker Adewale Omirin on the need to tread the path of honour but that the overtures were rebuffed.
He said, “Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State inherited a PDP-dominated Assembly from Prof. (Oserheimen) Osunbor, but he was not driven out of town because of this. Omirin and the other APC lawmakers should forget about personal ambitions and give the needed cooperation to the governor.
“It is an understatement to say that the APC has continued to find ways to destroy the government and make Ekiti ungovernable. You cannot but notice the underhand deals of these legislators, the scandalous and moral bankruptcy that had reduced Ekiti to a state of anomie in the last six months.
“It is disheartening to see supposed men of honour descend so low and bring shame and odium, not only to the government but to their state and made their people a laughing stock in the eyes of other Nigerians.
“Ekiti people are people with high integrity. This unnecessary hullabaloo has dealt a devastating blow on our moral psyche and our image as a people has been seriously battered.
“We are calling on the people to appeal to the conscience of the APC lawmakers and their sponsors to stop the demonisation of our governor and the PDP as a party.
“They are advised to stop these destructive campaigns and focus on issues of development.”
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