Why Senator Morro Must Apologise To Benue People – Gov Alia

Why Senator Morro Must Apologise To Benue People – Gov Alia

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has called for an apology from Senator Abba Morro, who represents the Benue South senatorial zone. Governor Alia accuses Senator Morro of providing false information to the Senate regarding the accurate status of the Benue local government system.

During a press conference held over the weekend, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Alia, Kula Tersoo, asserted that contrary to Senator Morro’s motion paper on the Senate floor, it was the Benue House of Assembly that, in the exercise of their constitutional rights, dissolved the 23 local government council chairmen, not Governor Alia.

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He further emphasized that, according to sections 7 and 8 of the 1999 constitution, the House of Assembly is vested with the power to oversee Local Government councils.

Tersoo said: “The Benue State House of Assembly which has the power to oversight the Local Government system investigated the 23 local government council chairmen, their deputies, and councilors and were found to be involved in monumental fraud.

“It was the House of Assembly that dissolved the Local Government Councils Chairmen and Governor Hyacinth, in other not a create a  lacuna at the third tier of government system appointed caretaker committees pending elections which cannot be done in one day.”

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On the case against the governor in which the Industry Court passed judgment in favour of the chairmen, Kulas said: “We have appealed to the Court of Appeal and the matter is pending.

“Benue state Government appealed the judgment of the Industrial Court. The appeal was filed on the 24th of November, 2023, and marked No CA/MKD/155/2023

“We call on Sen. Abba Moro to tender unreserved apologies to the people of Benue state and Nigerians for misleading the senate to pass resolutions on a matter they lack the constitutional powers to legislate upon.

“We are calling on the Nigeria Senate to always properly scrutinize their motion papers to avoid a repeat of what Sen. Moro led them into. It will be a gross disservice for our Distinguished Senators to allow some selfish ones amongst them to drag them to becoming a laughing stock.”

Recall that the Senate on Friday, December 1, 2023, directed the Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia to reverse his decision to sack the elected local government councils in the State.

This followed a motion by Senate minority leader, Comrade Abba Moro, on Friday, December 1, 2023, where he moved a motion on the floor of the Senate on the affront on democratic structures in Benue state by the state government.

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