Ekiti continua! In another development, the EKSU stops APC Legislators from using facilities. Meanwhile, the management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has opposed the bid by the 19 APC lawmakers of the Ekiti State House of Assembly to conduct their plenary in the institution, saying no political meetings would be allowed on the premises. The opposition lawmakers had at their plenary presided over by the embattled speaker, Dr Adewale Omirin, at a secret location in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, resolved to hold their sittings and conduct normal legislative business at the Faculty of Science of the university. This followed a motion by the majority leader, Churchill Adedipe, to reconvene the Assembly at a public place within the state capital, outside the House of Assembly chambers for security reasons. The registrar of EKSU, Mr Emmanuel Ogunyemi, the management of the university said no political meetings would be allowed on the premises. Omirin explained that the House had a responsibility to respond to the National Assembly’s demand to send Ekiti State contributions to the constitutional amendment process and Ekiti State has just one House of Assembly. That is why the National Assembly acknowledged the receipt of our resolutions on the constitutional amendment.He supported that if they are sure of their status, let them approach the National Assembly or the Judiciary for recognition, The speaker said it was regrettable that the governor had not learnt a lesson from his past experience when he instigated a constitutional crisis that led to the declaration of the state of emergency that culminated in the dismissal of his government in 2006. The statement read, “The attention of the Management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti has been drawn to news reports by Print and Electronic media organizations over plans by the All Progressives Congress Lawmakers in the Ekiti State House Of Assembly to hold plenary meetings on the university campus, “The University Management wishes to inform the general public that Ekiti State University premises is not open to political meetings and we state unequivocally that no legislative meeting was held on our campus has being speculated in some quarters and no such meetings would be allowed to hold in the university premises. “The university is a community of teachers and scholars and Ekiti state university is committed to excellence in teaching, learning, and research and should not be joined with unnecessary political issues. With regards,do you see another state of emergency in Ekiti state or the crisis will die-down soonest?
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:10:59 +0000
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