Lawmakers at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA) on Monday morning lowered the impeachment axe they raised against Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura after they claim his government failed to comply with previous resolutions of the House to end the serial gun-related violence that dragged on for months in much of the southern parts of the state.
The House, on November 23, gave the governor seven days to act on their previous resolutions to end the spate of gun violence in the state, as well as address the needs of thousands of victims displaced by the development, or they would invoke Section 188 (1) of the constitution to impeach him. Members had taken turn to lash at the governor for demonstrating clear tolerance to arsonists, and the lack of will to meet the needs of the growing number of displaced persons.
But by Monday when 16 members sat, the House which received a report from the Mohammed Baba Ibaku-led House Committee on Information, Security and Special Duties, unanimously decided, and passed a motion to lower the impeachment axe against the governor who members commended for complying with their resolution to address the crises.
Baba Ibaku (PDP, Udege/Loko), who presented a report on the findings on the level of Al-Makura’s compliance with the resolutions, said his committee observed that there has been arrests of suspected perpetrators of the said violence by security agencies, and the stationing of security personnel at flash points across the state, as well as the relief package extended to displaced persons.
Ibaku said the governor has complied to certain levels, just as the report recommended the setting up of security points at the flash points, and that security agencies should carry out house-to-house search for weapons, as well as, that more relief materials should be sent to displaced persons.
Again, members took turn to deliberate, in what summed up to commending Al-Makura for showing seriousness in complying with their resolution. Anthony Obande (PDP, Doma South), Nathaniel Agyomesa (CPC, Lafia-North), Frances Orogo (PDP, Keana), Abdulkareem Usmann (PDP, Wamba), Mohammed Muluku (PDP, Nasarawa-Eggon-East), Othman Adam Boss (CPC, Keffi East), and the Majority Leader, Godiya Akwashiki (PDP, Nasarawa-Eggon-West), raised voices in commendation of the governor, for complying with their resolution with actions that have now addressed the crises.
A motion by Abdulkkareem Usman, seconded by Muluku, settled the matter against the governor, with a ruling from the Speaker, Musa Ahmed Mohammed (PDP, Nasarawa-Central), that the governor and security agencies complied well, and that the Ibaku committee report recommendations be forwarded to the governor for further compliance.
A chieftain of the governor’s CPC, Hudu Tafida commended the House for what he called “level of maturity”, explaining that “their impeachment threat meant to strengthen good governance where our people will be the sole beneficiaries.
“I have said it before; that crises don’t do a governor any good. Violent crises have become common place in Nigeria, and Nasarawa is not an exception. But with what we have seen today from both our lawmakers and our governor, it is obvious that Nasarawa has the solution to crises. The governor has tried much; and what the assembly did was to give him a boost”, Tafida added.
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Nasarawa assembly lowers impeachment axe against Al-Makura