SHOW OF SHAME: Lawmakers Opposed To Autonomy Shun Plenary

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In a cowardly display of childishness and show of shame, eight out of the ten lawmakers of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly who voted against autonomy for the legislature have sent a warning signal to the House as they shunned attending Plenary yesterday. This, as it was gathered, was owing to the public outlash the said lawmakers received after voting against the independence of the legislature, an advocacy which has always been the yearning and desire of the legislature.
Out of the ten autonomy opposing lawmakers, our House Correspondent reports that only the Deputy Chief Whip, Mr.  David Lawrence and the member representing Etinan, Barr Aniefiok Dennis joined their colleagues to attend Plenary on Tuesday.
 The member representing Etinan,  our reporter gathered had renegade on his earlier stance asserting that he was unsure of what he was voting for even as he had earlier voted for autonomy but voted against it after the Speaker had called for a recount of votes.
The anti autonomy lawmakers have been alleged to have voted against autonomy as they have been promised return tickets for a second term in the legislature while some are said to be promised juicy offices and portfolios.
It was also gathered that majority of lawmakers who voted against the autonomy for the legislature did so out of anger with the Speaker and House leadership even as it was also observed that the same set of lawmakers had plotted the last alleged impeachment plot against the Speaker.  
It would be recalled that during the consideration of alterations and amendments to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,  ten Lawmakers  voted against autonomy for the legislature including Mark Esset, David Lawrence,  Aniekan Uko, Asuquo Archibong, Aniefiok Dennis,  Bassey Effiong,  Monday Eyo, Uduak Odudoh and Aniekan Bassey and Nse Essien while Mfon Ekong abstained from voting. Twelve lawmakers voted in support of autonomy and therefore carried the day.
The fourth alteration No.  4 reads in part "this alteration seeks to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,  1999 to provide for the funding of the Houses of Assembly of States directly from the Consolidated Revenue fund of the State.
 
Source: The Sensor Newspaper
 

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