Addressing newsmen at Ekirin-Ade, his country home in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State , the lawmaker said this during a ceremony organised to celebrate his 58th birthday on Tuesday.
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The house also urged the Federal Government to devise strategies that would lead to improved power supply to serve the industries.
The services, the House said, were carried out by the Nigeria Customs Service from 2010 to date.
Bello was said to have registered in Abuja and also in Kogi State
Faleke, who spoke with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with All Progressives Congress stakeholders from Kogi State at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Monday, said the budget was ready for passage
Already, it has mandated its Committee on Sports to investigate the use of budgetary allocations for the maintenance of the stadium in the last five years
The apex court panel of seven judges had unanimously dismissed the three appeals contesting the return of Governor Yahaya Bello of the APC
The court in a unanimous judgement dismissed the appeal filed by Hon. James Faleke, the running mate to late Abubakar Audu, the initial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, and a former Governor of the State, Captain Idris Wada, who was also the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the election
This was contained in a statement by his Director of Media, Duro Meseko, shortly after the judgment in Abuja on Thursday
Governor Yahaya Bello forwarded his name to the House of Assembly as his preferred nominee
Bello, who hails from Agassa in Okene Local Government Area, was declared winner of the governorship election following the outcome of the December 5 supplementary poll in 91 polling units in the state
It would be recalled that the state had been in a difficult situation since November 22 when Prince Abubakar Audu, the APC candidate, died and INEC declared the gubernatorial election inconclusive on the same day
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in his judgment, held that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suits being post-election matters, which could only be determined by the election petition tribunal
Faleke said in a statement in Lokoja on Friday that he would take the matter to the Court of Appeal to get the mandate rightly given to him by the electorate in the state
Audu died on November 22 as the results of the election were announced and the electoral body asked the APC to nominate another candidate to replace Audu in the supplementary election fixed for December 5
Bello, also known as Fairplus, had chosen Olusola George Olumoroti as his deputy governorship candidate to contest the inconclusive election in Kogi State as SDP candidate
In the letter, Faleke insisted that under Section 187 of the 1999 Constitution, he was duly elected as deputy governor of Kogi State based on the outcome of the election declared inconclusive by INEC
The election is due to be concluded on Saturday