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From Tony Osauzo, Benin
Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has raised concerns over gender imbalance in the list of commissioner-nominees sent for clearance by the Governor, Monday Okpebholo.
He noted that among the eight commissioner-nominees cleared by the House, only one was a female.
The governor had requested for the clearance of the nominees, which was acted upon by the House through its Committee on Rules, Business and Government House.
The lawmakers considered the report of the committee which had 11 findings and one single recommendation before their confirmation.
Explaining further on the findings, Agbebaku said all the nominees were indigenous, competent and experienced, and are all qualified to occupy the positions of commissioners.
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Consequently, in a voice vote, the majority of the lawmakers moved in favour of clearing the commissioner-nominees.
The Speaker charged them to be proactive and work in synergy with the state governor to ensure that Edo State moves forward.
Those cleared included Nosa Adams, Yakubu Oshiorenua, Felix Akhabue and Prof. Omorodion Ignatius.
Other commissioners were Ohimai Ehijimetor, Eugenia Abdallah, Godwin Afekokhe Eshieshi and Prince Kassim Afegbua.
Also yesterday, the House set up a five-man committee of lawmakers to look into a petition titled, “The unserious handling of a criminal case,” reported against Samuel Adeyamo by officers of the Nigeria Police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Benin zonal office.
