Three months after a strange reptile reportedly appeared in the hallowed chambers of the Ondo State House of Assembly and sacked the lawmakers, the Assembly is now set for a ‘robust’ legislation.
The incident was then blamed on the dilapidated state of the Assembly complex, especially the floor of the house.
However, the state assembly yesterday inaugurated a make-shift chamber to be used as a temporary avenue for conducting the plenary sessions of the House.
The inauguration of the temporary chamber was witnessed by the Assembly members, staff and invited Christian and Islamic Clerics, including the Bishop of Akure Anglican Diocese, Rev. Simeon Borokini.
The clerics, who prayed for the lawmakers, the staff and the Ondo State Government, highlighted the importance of the legislature to the sustenance of democracy.
Borokini spoke on the mace and the covenant box in the Bible, noting that as important as the covenant box was to the Israelites, so is the mace to the assembly and the people.
He urged the lawmakers to work in harmony with the Executive arm in order to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.
The Chief Whip of the House and lawmaker representing Owo State Constituency II, Adeyemi Olayemi hailed Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for his timely intervention by facilitating the renovation of the temporary chamber.
He noted that it would further enhance the performance of their legislative duties.
He said: “We now have a more convenient place to carry out our legislative duties pending the complete and total rehabilitation of the old structure by the Executive arm.”
Also speaking, the Chairman, House Committee on Information, said the House was not standing akimbo as being insinuated in some quarters.
He maintained that while the renovation of the temporary chamber was on , members were busy with other legislative assignments such as committee meetings and oversight functions.
The legislators suspended all legislative duties in the old chamber sometime in July, following the dilapidated form of the Assembly complex.
The state government came to the rescue by renovating a space in the assembly complex to temporarily facilitate execution of legislative activities, pending the rehabilitation of the old Structure.
