Benue State House of Assembly on Sunday elected Berger Emberga, as the new Speaker of the Benue Stare House of Assembly.
Berger Emberga, was before now, the former deputy chief whip of the Benue state House of Assembly who was recently suspended by the immediate past Speaker of the Assembly, Aondona Dajoh.
He was elected at an emergency session of the State Assembly on Sunday, following the resignation of Hyacinth Dajoh, Speaker and was immediately inaugurated by the clerk of the House as the newly elected speaker of the house.
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BusinessDay, gathered that the emergency session was summoned solely to address the leadership vacuum created by the resignation of Aondona Dajoh, the former Speaker who resigned on Sunday.
BusinessDay gathered that the Benue State House of Assembly crises started last Friday when lawmaker representing Makurdi North, Alfred Berger; his Kian state constituency counterpart, Terna Shimawua; Cyril Ekong of Obi state constituency, and James Umoru, representing Apa state constituency were suspended for six months.
But in a twist on Sunday, Dajoh, in his resignation letter, appreciated his colleagues for giving him the opportunity “to be the first among equals.”
He also pledged to remain committed to his duties as a legislator and representative of Gboko West State Constituency.
This, according to the House, followed an attempt to impeach the Speaker, Aondona Dajoh, the previous night.
It will be recalled that Saater Tiseer, the Majority Leader, had in the motion of urgent importance, moved for the suspension of the four lawmakers for attempting to unsettle the state assembly with what he said was a needless crisis.
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The State House of Assembly declined to honour a correspondence from Governor Hyacinth Alia seeking the screening and confirmation of nominees for the position of commissioner in the state executive council during a plenary, presided by the immediate past Speaker
Following another resolutions passed by the House, Governor Alia affirmed the suspension of Maxwell Ogini, the Executive Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Area, for a period of one month, effective from Sunday, 25th August.
He also affirmed the suspension of Grace Adagba, Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), for a period of one month, effective from the same date, as well as the suspension of Michael Uper, the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Lottery Commission, for the period of one month, effective from the same date.
