10:05 04/06/2015
Lokoja - Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Wednesday dissolved the
5th Kogii House of Assembly after completing the statutory four-year
tenure from 2011 to 2015.
Wada performed the function at a
valedictory session held to mark the end of the assembly inaugurated on
March 3, 2011 at the Ibrahim Saba Assembly Complex in Lokoja.
The governor said that the constitution of the country empowered him to dissolve the house.
"I,
Capt. Idris Wada, Governor of Kogi State by the powers conferred on me
by Section 105(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) today make a proclamation that the 5th Kogi
State House of Assembly as presently constituted, having successfully
completed its mandate, stands dissolved.”
Earlier,
the out-going Speaker, Momoh-Jimoh Lawal said: “For every endeavour
there is a time to begin and a time to end…as tenants of the house, we
must by the same proclamation, vacate our seats.”
Lawal
said that the house had upheld the principle of Separation of Powers as
enshrined in the constitution and carried out its oversight functions
with the cooperation of other arms.
He said that no particular
arm of government could carry out its functions without carrying the
others along, adding that the success of one arm was dependent on the
other and the failure of one is the failure of all.
"The legal
framework makes governance a collective responsibility and cooperation,
a crucial element in the administration of state.
The speaker, who
was full of thanks to the governor, the legislators and staff, said in
spite of daunting challenges, he could say with pride that the house in
the past four years had achieved remarkable success.
"We have
worked very hard, using the instrument of legislation and oversight
machinery to drive the economy effectively and accelerate development of
the state.”
Members took turns to make their valedictory speeches.
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