The new Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Elizabeth Ativie, has given reasons why the former speaker was impeached.
She explained to newsmen in Benin City that the impeached speaker and his deputy were corrupt in their financial handling of the House and were eating Governor’s money alone while other members of the house were not getting enough from the Governor. Hon. Ativie further said that Hon. Victor Edoror and Hon. Bright Osayande (Former Speaker and Deputy Speaker) were constantly shortchanging other lawmakers in their extra budgetary disbursements.
“The former speaker, Hon Victor Edoro, just like I said at the chamber, was very corrupt. His highhandedness in managing his colleagues is one among equals. We were all first elected before electing him to become speaker to extent that he doesn’t come to the House as stipulated by House rules. The funniest thing is that he changed the overhead of the House to suit his own ways, thus ensuring that his colleagues are not properly catered for. You journalists can also observe that lawmakers in the Edo Assembly were now living like paupers. I don’t want to go into his reckless spending” she said.
Citizens of Edo state have been reacting to the shameful behaviour of the house in the impeachment saga and videos of the violence and thuggery employed by the APC dominated house in the impeachment has since gone viral.
Meanwhile, many residents have called on the house to tender public apology to Edo people for denting the image of the state.
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