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Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, yesterday blamed the Senate
over the non-resolution of the crisis in the Ogun State House of
Assembly. Mr Bankole said this while speaking in an interactive session
with journalists, tagged “An Evening with Mr Speaker” held at
Iwe-Iroyin Press Centre, Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital.

“If the House of
Representatives passed a resolution and the Senate failed to support
such, the resolution cannot be effective. It is our duty to make laws
for good governance but not to enforce those laws and even in making
laws; we also have our hindrances and limitations.” He said.

The Speaker
recalled that a resolution was reached by the lower house on the issue,
but the upper chamber failed on the implementation.

Other states with similar problems

The Speaker also
noted that apart from the Ogun State House of Assembly, same crises
were witnessed in Edo and Ondo States, adding that the House of
Representatives acted promptly by passing resolutions but the Senate
also failed to act on those resolutions.

The Ogun State
House of Assembly was shut on September 6, 2010 following the
directives of the office of the Inspector General of Police over crisis
between the two factions of the lawmakers known as G-15 and G-11
respectively. Consequently, Tunji Egbetokun, the Speaker of the
Assembly, addressed a letter to both the Senate and the House of
Representatives seeking the National Assembly’s intervention in the
crisis in the Assembly and in ensuring the reconvening of the House
under his leadership.