Igbaoreto Samuel: Zik Legislative Council Speaker
By Korede Teriba
The Nnamdi Azikwe Hall Legislative Council on Saturday, 20th of January, 2024, indefinitely postponed its first sitting of the year due to the absence of the mace.
The information was made known to the press through
the Speaker, Honorable Igbaoreto Samuel. According to the Speaker, two principal
officers, Honourable Odunukan Damife; the Chief whip, who is the constitutionally recognized custodian of the mace, was absent. The Clerk, who had provided
the press an invitation to the legislative sitting on January 17, 2024, was
also absent at the sitting.
It is however pertinent to know that without the mace, the legislature cannot hold a sitting.
In an interview with the Speaker, he revealed that the absentees did not inform neither him nor the general house of their absence. “They didn’t state it officially [sic] not to me actually.”
The Speaker further stated that the absent
principal officers will be sanctioned for their absence from the sitting. “We’ll sanction them. People will see what we will do.
Definitely, everybody will know."
He also informed this correspondent that apart from these aforementioned principal officers who were absent, another honorable member of the house was also absent without prior notice.
“An Honourable member didn’t show up without notice. There’s going to be like a punishment for them which Zikites will definitely know about.”
When asked about the next the legislative sitting, the Speaker informed that the sitting will definitely hold and it would be communicated to the generality of Zikites
