Impeached Ondo Speaker, Deputy, 7 Others Approve N14bn Budget, Dissolve House Committees

Nine members of the Ondo State House of Assembly out of the 26 lawmakers in the state have approved the bill for the re-ordered budget of over N14 billion sent to the house by the state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.

At the plenary, which was presided over by the embattled speaker of the House, David Oleyelogun, the House also dissolved the standing committees of the House and subsequently appointed three new principal officers.

Oleyelogun said the amendment of the 2018 appropriation law became imperative to allow the state government execute some projects and also implement new policies, which were beneficial to the people of the state.

The Speaker said the House took the decision after considering the recommendations of the House committee on Finance and Appropriation.

At the plenary, the House subsequently approved that over N14 billion re-ordered budget sent to the house by the governor.

Meanwhile, the new principal officers are Suleiman Maito (Majority Leader)

Abayomi Akinruntan (Deputy Majority Leader) and Kazeem Suleiman (Parliamentary Secretary).

It would be recalled that 18 members of the house had last Friday impeached