Edo House of Assembly has passed a resolution suspending chairmen and vice chairmen of the 18 local governments in the state for two months for alleged insubordination and gross misconduct.

At plenary, yesterday, it also mandated leaders of the legislative arms in the local governments to take over leadership of the respective councils. The suspension followed a petition written by Governor Monday Okpebholo over refusal of the chairmen to submit their financial records as directed.

Okpebholo had on December 3 given the council chairmen 48 hours to submit their statements of account from September 2023 to date to the Edo State Assets Verification Committee.

In the letter, the governor described their action as an act of insubordination and gross misconduct and requested the House to look into the matter.

The suspension of the chairmen and the vice chairmen was sequel to a motion moved by Mr. Isibor Adeh (APC Esan North East1) and seconded by Donald Okogbe (PDP Akoko-Edo11)

After the debate, the Speaker, Mr. Blessing Agbebaku, called for voting on the matter

After voting, 14 members supported the motion for their suspension, six opposed it while three abstained.

The Sun Nigeria