By COMMENTS BY LAGOS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ON GOV. AMBODE’S ALLEGED IMPEACHMENT
Certainly this is not the best of time for Governor Akinwumi Ambode especially with the impeachment motion late yesterday Monday 28th 2019 by the Lagos State House of Assembly over allege budget fraud by the governor.
It would be recalled that Governor Ambode’s troubles started when he fell out with the APC National leader and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is his benefactor and godfather. The Governor as since been replaced with Babajide Sanwo-Olu as it flagbearer in March’s gubernatorial polls.
If this impeachment goes through, Gov. Ambode will go down in history to be the only impeached governor in Lagos State.
Blackbox Nigeria brings you some of the comments made by members of the hallowed chamber on their opinion on this new development.
Hon Rotimi Olowo
Rewriting of the budget is an impeachable offence. The government has been shut down and our roads are in a sorry state. There must be continuity of projects in the budget and this is not followed. Borrowing without informing the House is impeachable. IPP is being owed. If the governor is tired, he should resign.
Hon Moshood Oshun
When you apply for a job, and you are given, if you are tired, you can leave. If the governor is tired, he should go. The budget is a law, when we pass a budget, they rewrite their own. What they say is that they are above the law. If you go to Alausa today, all the MDAs are shut down. All their files are with the governor and he did not work on them.
Hon Richard Kasunmu
This is a non-compliance with the rule of law. The state is about to be totally shut down, so we should checkmate the situation. If the governor is tired, he should throw in the towel. We cannot keep on standstill because some people are tired.
Hon Rasheed Makinde
Three years down the lane, the executive cannot tell the people of Lagos that they don’t know what they are doing. It is obvious that the governor is tired, so they should all go. They even made a mistake in the letter they wrote to the House. Lagos State used to present its budget before others even before the federal government. They ought to work based on the budget or they come for reordering. All government agencies have been rendered useless, civil servants are sleeping in their offices. The State House of Assembly must approve the budget. We must pass a vote of no confidence on the Attorney General, commissioners for budget, finance, the governor and the deputy governor.
Hon Yinka Ogundimu
The governor has always been disobeying our motions. They refused to follow our motions on the environment, which is why everywhere is dirty. If you look at the various projects not provided for in the budget that are being done, then it is breach of the constitution. The people concerned should resign before we invoke the aspect of the constitution that gives us power to remove them from office. We should make it clear that there have been warnings from us.
Hon Sola Giwa
This is a matter of constitutionality and it is about the law. We all swore to uphold the law. If you breach the law, there is a consequence and the best is for the House to begin an impeachment process.
Hon Victor Akande
There is no need for virement according to the constitution. I don’t think there is any budget before the House. The constitution states that the budget must be laid and it is a gross misconduct. So, we should do the needful.
Hon Fatai Mojeed.
We received the money from Paris Fund and other funds, the executive did not take permission before they spent the money.
Hon. Jude Idimogu
The government is not moving forward. Our party is the APC and we are doing well. The government is not putting us in the light and we have the opposition that are watc…
