A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC Mr. Wilson Omene today warned the Delta State Governor, Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa to stop playing politics with the lives and property of Deltans and shun his alleged selfish second term bid.
The former Chairman of Ethiope West Local Government Council handed down the warning in a chat with DAILY POST.
Omene stated that Governor Okowa has failed by allegedly working against the passage of the grazing bill while herdsmen run riot in Delta.
” Okowa should hands-off and allow the House to pass the grazing bill,” he said.
In a quick response, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Dennis Otu dismissed claims that the Speaker is being manipulated to kill the bill stressing that,” the bill is on course and not subject of any election strategy” pointing out that there is no cause for alarm over the passage of the bill.
” The bill is in the Committee of the whole (hallowed chamber) after it successfully scaled through second reading and public hearing.”
“The House members have amended it to section 8 and promised to continue on Section 9. The bill is on course and receiving adequate attention of the House.”
“It’s not true that the lawmakers are being made to frustrate the bill. It is also not true that the Speaker is being manipulated by the Governor to kill the bill.”
” This accusation is laughable and should not be taken seriously. The bill is on course and there is no cause for alarm over the bill.”
DAILY POST gathered that the Delta State Anti-Grazing Bill inherited by the new Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon. Sheriff Oborrvwori is allegedly being thwarted by the Chairman of Delta State Advisory Council, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, a former minister of Information.
It was gathered that Prof. Oyovbaire is alleged to have convinced Delta State Governor, Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa that the bill may work against his second term bid since it’s a law to sack Fulani herdsmen, kinsmen of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari.
It is also gathered that lawmakers are very angry and have anonymously expressed misgivings over the bill which has already passed second reading but suddenly abandoned by the Speaker and some vested interests.
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