Benson Ezechime, Enugu
The Clerk of Enugu State House of Assembly, Dr Emma Udaya, has denied any secret plot by him to inaugurate the State Assembly.
He said that at no time did he meet with anybody to hatch such plot and wondered where and how such news emanated.
It would be recalled that there was widespread rumours on the social media and reports on plots by the the assembly clerk and the governor to inaugurate the assembly secretly with only 10 members of PDP elected members excluding the majority 14 LP members.
“There was nothing like that. There was no meeting held as regards the house inauguration.
“I received over 40 calls from members of the public, particularly Journalists on that matter yesterday.
“I want to use this medium to correct that impression there was nothing like that.
“I know what I would have done about such publications but let’s just leave everything at that,” Udaya said.
Meanwhile, Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has promised a healthy working partnership between the Executive and the Legislature for quality service delivery in the state.
Mbah said this on Thursday while declaring open a 3-Day pre-inauguration workshop for the 24 members-elect organised by the management of the House in Enugu.
He told the members-elect that both the executive and the legislature owed the people of the state good governance and dividends of democracy.
“The people expect quality service from all of us and we must be ready to deliver.
“The executive under my leadership will work in collaboration with all arms of government to deliver good governance to our people,” he said.
Represented by his deputy, Mr Ifeanyi Ossai, the governor said the workshop was very instructive and commended the clerk of the assembly for the initiative.
He also congratulated the members-elect and urged them to always think of the state first before other considerations.
Speaking, the clerk of assembly, Dr Emma Udaya, said the initiative was to acquaint the incoming legislators with legislative procedures.
“To expose members-elect to legislative procedures and to build a crop of ardent legislators that will intensify the business of lawmaking and legislative advocacy for good governance,” he said.
He said that one of the objectives of the workshop was to provide participants with a holistic view of the legislative and governance architecture.
According to him, this includes the roles of other stakeholders involved in the process of lawmaking.
In an interview, a member-elect repressing Igboeze South state constituency, Harrison Ogara, described the workshop as very important.
“Training is always essential before one embarks on an important task such as lawmaking,” he said.
