ABUJA—THE Senate yesterday threw its weight behind the taking over of the legislative functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly by the House of Representatives following the protracted crisis that engulfed the assembly in the last one month. Kogi-Assembly Speaking with Vanguard on the development, Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume who noted that what the lower chambers did was constitutional, said once there was a breakdown of law and order in any state House of Assembly, the House of Representatives would constitutionally take over. He said, “it is constitutional that once there is a breakdown of law and order in any state House of Assembly, the House of Representatives take over.”
Also speaking, Senator Mohammed Ogembe, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kogi Central who claimed he was not aware of what happened in the Kogi State House of Assembly, said the issue ought to have been brought to the senators and discussed on the floor of the chambers, but that was not done. According to him, the House of Representatives had the right to do that, but what ought to have been done was that the Senate ought to have been communicated. He said: “ Nobody knows what happened, we are not aware, the issue ought to be brought to the floor of the Senate, we know that the House of Representatives has the right to take over the house, they ought to communicate the Senate.”
The House of Representatives Wednesday took over the legislative functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly due to the crisis rocking the assembly since the last one month. Meanwhile, factional members of the House led by Umar Imam met yesterday and resolved to drag the House of Representatives and its leadership to court for alleged contempt of the court.
The faction also accused the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last year governorship election, James Faleke, as the person instigating the House of Representatives on the assembly issue. The faction made the resolution during its plenary at the chamber of the assembly in spite the House of Representatives directives on Wednesday that the premises of the assembly be sealed off. It also held held a Valedictory Session for the late Minister of State Labour and Productivity, James Ocholi, who died Sunday in an auto crash
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