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Ekiti House Will Chastise Fayose If Necessary, Says Speaker

By Muyiwa Adeyemi, Ado Ekiti
17 October 2015   |   2:32 am
Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Kola Oluwawole has given assurance that the legislature would not be a rubber stamp of the executive, despite the cordial relationship existing between the two arms of government.
Kola-Oluwawole

Kola Oluwawole

Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Kola Oluwawole has given assurance that the legislature would not be a rubber stamp of the executive, despite the cordial relationship existing between the two arms of government.

According to a statement by his Special Assistant (Media), Stephen Gbadamosi, the Speaker said the House would not hesitate to chastise Governor Ayodele Fayose, if necessary.

Oluwawole said this while featuring on a live programme of the state television yesterday.
Reacting to a question on why the House had said it would continue to work hand in glove with the Fayose-led administration, despite the paucity of fund to run smooth legislative functions, the Speaker noted that there was no reason for members to bicker with the governor over funding issue, as he had always laid all the cards on the table.

The governor has been transparent. We know the exact situation that this state has found itself in. So, there cannot be rancour. But that does not mean that we have to be pocketed. We will do our oversight functions and chastise the executive where and when necessary.
“We are not complaining because we know the magnitude of the debt on ground. We know how every kobo that comes in is appropriated. So, there is no reason to bicker over that. But we know that the situation will improve,” he said.

Commenting on the achievements of Governor Fayose in the one year he has spent governing the state, the lawmaker described him as a leader being led by God, adding that this was the reason he had been able to achieve without much at his disposal.

Oluwawole said the governor had shown exemplary leadership by forgiving all those who had conspired against him in the past, and accord respect to past leaders to whom respect is due, irrespective of their political leanings.

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