The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the lawmaker died in an undisclosed private hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday during a protracted illness.
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The House gave the approval at Tuesday’s plenary following the adoption of the motion for confirmation of the appointment of the Clerk raised by the Acting House Leader, Bajeh Muktar (APC-Okehi).
Jones said the ministry was working round the clock to ensure the schools operated according to standard to ensure effective learning and good results.
This came on a day the report of the committee set up by the state Chief Judge, Justice Nadir Ajana, to investigate allegation of gross misconduct against Achuba was submitted to the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Matthew Kolawole
The Assembly made the request in a resolution reached at plenary on Tuesday in Lokoja, following the adoption of a motion by the Majority Leader, Abdullahi Bello-Balogun.
Matthew Kolawole, speaker of the immediate past 6th Kogi State House of Assembly, was on Thursday re-elected Speaker of the newly inaugurated 7th House of Assembly of the state.
The Speaker of the House, Matthew Kolawole, disclosed this while rendering account of his stewardship and activities of the House during the valedictory session to mark the end of the 6th assembly (2015-2019) in Lokoja on Monday.
The Kogi State House of Assembly on Tuesday recommended the removal of the state Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, over alleged gross misconduct, including financial breaches.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress winner of the 21 out of the 25 seats in the Kogi State House of Assembly.
The Kogi State House of Assembly again on Thursday extended the tenure of the Transition Committee chairmen of the 21 local government areas of the state by another six months.
Imam, who represents Lokoja I, defected from the APC on July 22, 2018, citing the division of the party into factions.
The organized Labour in Kogi State had earlier issued a one week ultimatum to the Kogi State Government to pay its workers their full salary or risk a strike.
Kolawole said this while on a visit to flash flood disaster areas in Felele, Lokoja, on Saturday to assess the level of devastation in the town.
The action followed the adoption of a motion to that effect brought by Victor Omofaiye under matters of urgent public importance, on Wednesday in Lokoja.
The approval followed a letter from the governor requesting the approval of the House to make the appointments, the Speaker, Matthew Kolawole, said
The crisis, which engulfed the House over leadership struggle, reached a climax on Tuesday when hoodlums invaded the House and unleashed violence, disrupting the plenary
The gate of the complex was also locked against the speaker and this enabled the hoodlums to pelt his vehicles with stones and other objects
A statement on Tuesday by the state police command said two members of the kidnap gang were arrested on July 24 in the process of collecting N3 million ransom from the lawmaker.
Justice Henry Olusuyi in his judgment delivered in Lokoja, described the suspension of the lawmaker as an act of legislative insolence
“Legislators must take their jobs seriously; we must avoid unnecessary absenteeism and be ready to serve the mandate owners,” the angry Speaker on Thursday