Kogi Assembly recommends sack of SIEC member, Funsho over partisanship

By Christiana Ekpa

Kogi State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling for the sack of the member of the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Emmanuel Funsho, over allegations that he is a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in addition to alleged misconduct.
The resolution was sequel to the adoption of report of House Joint Committee on Public Petition, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice and Legal Matters on a petition against Funsho by one Michael Shaiye.
The Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Suleiman Attajachi, said during investigation, the committee members discovered that the SIEC member was confirmed to be a member of the ruling APC, contrary to the State electoral law.
According to Alhaji Suleiman, the petitioner had alleged that Funsho engaged in gross misconduct during a recent Agriculture Loan for farmers in Kabba-Bunu Local Government.
The member representing Dekina/Biraidu Constituency, Moses Ododo and that of Ijumu, Kilani Olumo, said the conduct of the SIEC member shows that he lied on oath during his screening before the House in March last year.
In a short remark before ruling on the matter, the Speaker, Prince Matthew Kolawole, commended the Committee for giving a fair hearing to the parties involved and directed the Clerk to forward the House resolution to the State Government for appropriate action.
In another development, the State House of Assembly passed a bill for a law establishing the Kogi State Erosion and Watershed Management Agency, NEWMAP.
The House also screened and confirmed the nomination of Jimoh Eneji Lukman as Secretary of Adavi Local Government Area.