Niger State House of Assembly on Tuesday suspended Hon. Muhammad Nuradeen Umar, representing kontagora one constituency from entering the Assembly complex over allegations of misrepresenting the House in a press interview last week
Umar, also the Minority leader of the House was accused of making false claims in the interview he granted Blueprint Newspaper on the 12th of this month that the lawmakers were bribed to impeach two former speakers of the Assembly.
The Assembly adopted the resolution suspending the lawmaker following a motion of urgent public importance by Honourable Yusuf Kure representing Paikoro Constituency.
He said the false claims in the interview were malicious, untrue and capable of tarnishing the good image of the House.
“The House is worried because since inauguration of the seventh legislature, there had never been such bills in the House sponsored by the honourable member except the one on the public private partnership and it was not a private bill but forwarded by the executive arm of government”.
Kure also described as unfounded allegation by the suspended lawmaker that the executive arm has been interfering in the affairs of the House just to give himself a credit.
The House also directed its committee on ethics, public petitions and privileges to investigate the allegations and report back to the House.
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