In reaction to this act, an Abuja-based Ilorin born legal practitioner, Barrister Senior Sulyman who doubled as the All Progressive Congress House of Assembly aspirant and Coordinator of Kwara Residents in Abuja saw this action as a political gimmick and diversionary ploy to unsettle the incoming government. And he expressed a contrary view that;
“The Bill passed did not come as a surprise to me, and of course other followers of political trends in this country; there is always an attempt by the outgoing Government to perpetuate their cronies in government when not in the same political party with the incoming government; but up till date I have not seen where it has succeeded, so this will also follow the path of its predecessors.
Mr. Sulyman also remarked that the incoming government have no cause to panick as it has ample constitutional rights to revisit the law for a re-amendment;
“The Bill remains a bill, until assented to by the Governor, for now it is not yet a law because it has not been assented to, so it’s lifeless and worth no worry; but in the event it eventually gets the assent and becomes a law, well it becomes binding on all and sundry. However, nobody has monopoly of bending the rules at the middle of a game, so the incoming House of Assembly only need to undo all that was hastily packaged; because whatever they do upon inauguration automatically becomes the law, so if the bill becomes a law, it will be a mere psychological relief which will not see the light of the day.”
He further challenged the state lawmakers over their failure to amend the Kwara State Private Executive Amendment Law that established extra judicial payment of pension and other benefits to former governors and their deputies;
“One will be forced to question why the outgoing house of assembly will not completely repeal the Kwara State Private Executive Amendment Law giving millions of naira to former Governors and Deputies with other benefits as pension rather than going for this self_serving amendment which has no nexus with the welfare of the State”
Finally, the Abuja-based lawyer allayed the fears of Kwarans over what he called self-serving amendment;
“I will appeal to all lovers of democracy in Kwara not to panic, because with the realities on ground and the grace of God, their wish will prevail at all tiers of Government in Kwara State.”
Source The Informant247
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