The ten suspended members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, have written a petition to the National Assembly to intervene in their suspension which they described as illegal.
The lawmakers, comprising members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been on suspension for over a year following allegations of misconduct, conspiracy, mischief, and holding an illegal sitting.
DAILY POST gathered that out of the 24 lawmakers, only 14 members led by the Speaker, Bilyaminu Moriki, have been conducting legislative business, owing to the suspension of the 10 state legislators.
Speaking with newsmen in Gusau, one of the suspended members, Nasiru Abdullahi Maru, representing Maru North constituency, said many decisions made by the 14 lawmakers are null and void because certain legislative matters require a two-thirds majority vote.
The lawmaker accused Dauda Lawal, Governor of Zamfara, of being behind their suspension, because they refused to be “rubber stamps”
“We are fully behind the last press release issued by Hon. Kagara and wish to add that the eight of us here, have been under undue and illegal suspension by the Assembly, just because we have all along refused to dance to their tunes and serve as rubber stamps for the executive”, he added.
“The Assembly’s leadership also needs to explain to the electorates, how many times they sat to take public interest decisions in the House of Assembly, which has been moving from one place to another, and only come together on short notice to meet in secretive manners and take the bidding of their master who has since turned them into rubber stamps that are only convenient to some members”
“Similarly, any member found in violation of the House Standing Rules must be given fair hearing preceding, any action and not the blindfolded action of those members who think their uniformed act will hold water”
“We wish to call on the National Assembly, security agencies, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders to call the Zamfara State House of Assembly to order and caution the state legislature over this matter that may lead to taking them to court with claims of damages.
