……Lift Suspension of Only PDP Member in the House
By Dare Akogun
Kwara State House of Assembly has confirmed five Commissioner Nominees submitted to the House by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.
The confirmation of the Commissioner Nominees was sequel to the thorough screening and consideration of the Nominees at the Committee of Whole during today’s plenary inline with section One Eighty-Two (182) subsection One and Two (1&2) of the Constitution.
The newly confirmed Commissioners by the House were Afeez Abolore Alabi, from Ilorin East, Adenike Afolabi Oshatimehin, from Ifelodun, Wahab Femi Agbaje, Offa, Gidado Lateef Alakawa, Asa and Ibrahim Akaje, from Ilorin West.
The Speaker, thereafter directed the Clerk of the House Hajia Haleemah Kperogi to communicate the notice of the confirmation to the Governor.
Meanwhile the Assembly has lifted the suspension of the lawmaker representing Ilorin-South Constituency, Honourable Raheem Jimoh-Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The suspension of Honourable Agboola was lifted following an apology letter written to the Speaker of the house and read before his colleagues during today’s sitting.
The Speaker directed that honourable Raheem Jimoh-Agboola be ushered into the Hallowed Chamber to partake in the business of the House.