The house also reversed the suspension slammed on Okiye, who later joined the lawmakers during the plenary session.
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He was impeached on Monday over alleged highhandedness and misappropriation of funds.
The women groups also condemned the inauguration of another House of Assembly in the state.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said on Thursday that the state would resist any attempt by anybody to forcefully take over the state House of Assembly.
The Speaker said this in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Benin.
Okiye, at a news conference held in Benin, was reacting to a claim by the former Secretary to the State Government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, that the governor‘s mishandling of the assembly proclamation caused the crisis in the All Progressives Congress.
Speaking at the ceremony at Government House in Benin, Obaseki said he was hopeful of implementing the budget fully
Okiye gave the commendation during an on-the-spot assessment of Ugboha water project.
The Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Francis Okiye, on Wednesday filed a suit stopping the National Assembly from taking over the state assembly’s functions at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.