The Honourable Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has today, received letters from three (3) Members of the State Assembly, notifying the House of their resignation as Honourable Members of Ebonyi State House of Assembly.
The Members are: Hon. Mrs. Franca C. Okpo (Abakaliki South State Constituency), Hon. Ali Kizito Okechukwu (Ishielu North State Constituency) and Hon. Victor U. Aleke (Ebonyi North-West State Constituency).
Reading the letters at the floor of the House during Plenary Tuesday, March 15, 2022, Speaker Nwifuru revealed through the letters, that the three (3) Members resigned their seats after due consultations with their families, stakeholders and political associates. According to their letters which were all dated November 15, 2021, their resignations will avail them ample time to pursue other endeavours in their lives.
Following the developments, the House accepted the letters as working documents and declared the seats of Abakaliki South, Ishielu North and Ebonyi North-West State Constituencies, vacant. The Honourable Speaker directed the clerk of the House to notify Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the development, for further actions as specified by law.
Having done justice to all there were in the order paper for the day, the House proceeded on a 3 months recess.
Leo Ekene Oketa
Chief Press Secretary to the Honourable Speaker
14.03.2022.
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