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Ekiti Assembly Suspends LG Chairman Over Unauthorised Presidential Campaign

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The Ekiti State House of Assembly has suspended Mr Femi Ayodele,  the Chairman of Ikere Local Government over alleged unauthorised presidential campaign publication for Governor Kayode Fayemi.
The suspension was through unanimous votes by the lawmakers during the Assembly’s sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Friday.
The members voted following a motion by the Majority Leader, Chief Gboyega Aribisogan, which was supported by Mr Tajudeen Akingbolu, representing Ekiti West Constituency I.
The two legislators urged the house to investigate the chairman’s alleged involvement in the unauthorised presidential campaign posters of the governor.
They held that the chairman should be suspended and investigated, stressing that the act was in flagrant disregard to extant regulations in the state.
Commenting on the matter, the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye, directed that, the investigation be concluded and reported to the house within one week.
In another development, the house also committed the Ekiti Institute of Local Government Studies Bill 2020 to its committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for further scrutiny.
Contributing to debate on the bill, Mr Ajibade Adeyemi, an APC lawmaker representing Moba Constituency I, said the bill would improve efficiency and productivity at the third-tier level.
The assembly adjourned further legislative business tiil Monday, August 24.

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