By Ayodele Oni
Benue State House of Assembly has reversed some of the actions taken during the tenure of the former Speaker, Aondona Dajoh. The Assembly equally approved his suspension for three months two days.
These are coming three days after he resigned voluntarily from his former position.
Dajoh was suspended for allegedly initiating plots to impeach Governor Hyacinth Alia, an action majority of the members described as totally unwarranted and unaccepted.
The motion for the suspension of Dajoh was moved by Terna Shimawua, one of the lawmakers the former Speaker suspended last week for plotting his impeachment.
The motion was, accordingly, seconded by James Umoru with no dissenting vote.
The Assembly, which under the Speakership of Dajoh rejected the nomination of a Law lecturer, Timothy Yangien Ornguga as a Commissioner last week, reversed its decision and approved Ornguga as a Commissioner.
Following the decision of the members of the House, the new Speaker, Alfred Berger, announced the confirmation of Ornguga and James Dwem.
The confirmation of the two nominees as Commissioners- designate followed a letter from Governor Alia which stated that none of the two was ever convicted of any crime.
All the lawmakers including those that had during the Speakership of Dajoh, opposed their confirmation made a U-turn and conceded to their unanimous confirmation.
Accordingly, Speaker Berger hit the gavel to confirmed the two nominees without any dissenting voice votes.
Similarly, the House announced the lifting of the suspension of three political appointees of Governor Alia, who were recommended for suspension by the Assembly under the supervision of Dajoh.
The affected appointees included; Grace Adagba, Chairman of the Benue State Universal Basic Education Board; Michael Uper, Secretary of the State Lottery Board, and Maxwell Ogiri, Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Council.
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