The Plateau state Assembly suspends two chairmen of the local council
On Tuesday the Plateau State House of Assembly suspendd the chairmen of the state's two local government areas.
The council chiefs — Isaac Kwallu of the local government area of Qua'an Pan, and his counterpart of Kanam, Wakdung Abbas — were suspended by the legislators during their plenary session at the assembly complex in Jos, the state capital.
In his address at the plenary, the Speaker of the House, Ayuba Abok, said the duo were suspended for disregarding the order of the assembly.
He added that Kwallu and Abass suspension would last three months.
He also directed the suspended council chairmen to hand over to their deputies in their respective councils.
Abok said: “The State Assembly had directed the Local Government Chairmen to recall the councillors of various wards which they earlier suspended in the two Local Government Areas and to pay them their entitlements but the Chairmen in question refused.
“We have no choice than to suspend the two Chairmen although, the Chairman of Quan-Pan complied, it wasn’t convincing.”
The Chairman House Committee on Information, Philip Dasun, told journalists after the plenary that the House needed to wade into a dispute in the councils to ensure peace
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