Breaking : Parallel House of Assembly with new Speaker emerges in Zamfara
From Ahmed Attahir
A new political development has occurred in Zamfara State as parallel House of Assembly emerged with Hon. Bashir Aliyu Gummi as new speaker in the state.
The parallel Assembly members during their sitting today Wednesday said that they takes far reaching decisions of public interests.
The crisis started when 10 members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly were suspended by the impeached Speaker, Hon. Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki for voicing out their constituents' security challenges in the
Those Members who created the Parallel state House of Assembly describing their suspension as illegal, misleading and unfounded. Saying how can an impeached speaker by 18 out of 24 members suspend other members.
The lawmakers who reinforced the selection of Hon Bashar Aliyu Gummi as Speaker and maintained that Hon. Bikyaminu Moriki remained impeached.
"The house has impeached Speaker Moriki early last year for alleged high handedness and misconduct among others", they said.
The factional Speaker, Hon. Bashar Aliyu Gummi, representing Gummi 1 State constituency after deliberations
that lasted for about two hours, announced that members have issued a one month ultimatum to governor Dauda Lawal within which to solve all insecurity issues bedevilled the state.
"Members across political parties, especially the APC and the PDP, lamented how the state government seemed to be comfortable with the unfortunate security situation in the state". He lamented.
The parallel Assembly members accused governor Dauda for spending huge sums of money on trivial matters while poverty and insecurity have taken over the whole 14 local government areas of the state.
They recalled that their purported suspension followed their refusal to remain silent while the carnage by bandits continued unabated in the state.
The law makers urged the state government to change its attitude of not supporting security agents who sacrifice their lives in the defence of citizens by ensuring that he gives them all the complementary necessary support.
They implored the state government to immediately rescind its decision, which saw the sacking of over 4,000 civil servants without following due process, noting that such was detrimental to the state, particularly owing to the insecurity posture of Zamfara.
The factional law makers argued that if so-called friends of the governor, particularly those coming from Niger, Kaduna and Adamawa states could be building multi billion naira mansions and buying properties in their respective states shortly after visiting their Zamfara governor friend, the governor would not have any moral right nor justification to downsize the state workforce with the flimsy excuse of inadequate resources.
During the sitting, all the members contributed to the issue of insecurity, breach of the nation's constitution by governor Dauda Lawal, and indiscriminate dismissal of state civil servants without congent reason.
Members that attended today's parallel sittings were Hon. Aliyu Ango Kagara, Member Representing Talata Mafara South, Hon. Ibrahim Tudu Tukur Bakura, Member Representing Bakura, Hon. Nasiru Abdullahi Maru, Member, Representing Maru North. Hon. Faruk Musa Dosara Member representing Maradun 1, Hon Bashar Aliyu Member representing Gummi 1, Hon Barrister Bashir Abubakar Masama Member representing Bukkuyum North, Hon Amiru Ahmed Member representing Tsafe West, Hon Basiru Bello Member representing Bungudu West and Hon Mukhtaru Nasiru Member representing kaura Namoda North.
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