*EKITI GETS FIRST WOMAN SPEAKER AS ASSEMBLY IMPEACHES ARIBISOGAN, SUSPENDS SIX OTHERS* ...Aribisogan sacked for blocking passage of Supplementary Appropriation Bill .Six other lawmakers suspended for compromising Assembly security Barely six days in office, the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan, was on Monday impeached from office and suspended indefinitely by 17 lawmakers for blocking the passage of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill. Aribisogan was immediately replaced by the Assembly Chief Whip, Rt. Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba ( Emure Constituency), who was unanimously elected new Speaker by all the 17 lawmakers present at a plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Hakeem Jamiu. The oath of office and the oath of allegiance was subsequently administered on Mrs. Adelugba, who became the first female Speaker in the history of the Assembly since return to democracy in 1999. The new Speaker thanked her colleagues for finding her w...
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