Commission has received signatures
from the electorates in Kogi West
Senatorial District, asking for the
recall of Senator Dino Melaye from the
Senate.
Six bags , which contained the
signatures of 52 . 3 percent of the
electorates from the zone and other
petitions, were submitted to the
Commission in Abuja on Wednesday .
Kogi West, which Melaye represents in
the Senate, has seven local
governments areas .
Signatures and petitions from each of
the local government area were
packaged in each of the bags, which
were tagged according to the names of
the local governments.
The local governments and the
percentage of voters who signed the
recall petition showed that Yagba West
had the highest number of voters
asking Melaye to return home from
the Senate.
The breakdown , as shown in the
petition, is Yagba West, 55 .7 percent ;
Lokoja, 54 .8 percent ; Kogi, 52 .77
percent; The Independent National Electoral
Commission has received signatures
from the electorates in Kogi West
Senatorial District, asking for the
recall of Senator Dino Melaye from the
Senate.
Six bags , which contained the
signatures of 52 . 3 percent of the
electorates from the zone and other
petitions, were submitted to the
Commission in Abuja on Wednesday .
Kogi West, which Melaye represents in
the Senate, has seven local
governments areas .
Signatures and petitions from each of
the local government area were
packaged in each of the bags, which
were tagged according to the names of
the local governments.
The local governments and the
percentage of voters who signed the
recall petition showed that Yagba West
had the highest number of voters
asking Melaye to return home from
the Senate.
The breakdown , as shown in the
petition, is Yagba West, 55 .7 percent ;
Lokoja, 54 .8 percent ; Kogi, 52 .77
percent; Yagba East , 52 percent; Ijumu
(Melaye’s local government ), 51 .8
percent; Mopa / Moro , 50 . 4 per cent
and Kabba / Bunu , 46 . 7 per cent .
A prominent member of the All
Progressives Congress in Ijumu , Mr.
Cornelius Olowo , who led the
delegation insisted that the
constituents were not satisfied with
the quality of Melaye’ s representation .
He said , “ We want Senator Melaye
back because of poor representation ,
he is also not accessible to us, he is
unreadable and has no constituency
projects.
“ Apart from the fact that h has never
called any town hall meeting, there has
been a major gap between the senator
and the people he claims to represent .”
He insisted that the Governor of the
state, Mr. Yahaya Bello, was not the
sponsor of the petition against the
chairman of the Senate Committee on
the Federal Capital Territory .
Olowo said , “ We don ’t need to lobby
or allow anyone to lobby us. The
governor and the senator are not from
the same senatorial district .
“ We believe that the Senate ought to
be a place for people who can be
trusted . We have stomach his excesses
for more than two years now . We can ’ t
continue anymore .
“ We were the one that mobilised the
voters and we did this for some days .
Melaye was a pillar among those who
installed the governor and was also
the one who nominated the present
secretary to the state government . ”
The Director of Publicity and Voter
Education at the commission , Mr.
Oluwole Osaze- Uzzi, was not available
to react to the submission of the
petition.
However , he had earlier told our
correspondent that the commission
would conduct a referendum on the
plan to recall Melaye .
Section 69 of the Constitution
stipulates on how to recall senators
from the Senate.
It states that (1 ) A member of the
Senate or of the House of
Representatives may be recalled as
such a member if —
(a ) there is presented to the Chairman
of the Independent National Electoral
Commission a petition in that behalf
signed by more than one- half of the
persons registered to vote in that
member’s constituency alleging their
loss of confidence in that member; and
(b) the petition is thereafter in a
referendum conducted by the
Independent National Electoral
Commission within 90 days of the date
of receipt of the petition, approved by
a simple majority of the votes of the
persons registered to vote in that
member’s constituency .
- Yagba East , 52 percent;
- Ijumu (Melaye’s local government ), 51 .8percent;
- Mopa / Moro , 50 . 4 per cent
- Kabba / Bunu , 46 . 7 per cent .
A prominent member of the All
Progressives Congress in Ijumu , Mr.
Cornelius Olowo , who led the
delegation insisted that the
constituents were not satisfied with
the quality of Melaye’ s representation .
He said , “ We want Senator Melaye
back because of poor representation ,
he is also not accessible to us, he is
unreadable and has no constituency
projects.
“ Apart from the fact that h has never
called any town hall meeting, there has
been a major gap between the senator
and the people he claims to represent .”
He insisted that the Governor of the
state, Mr. Yahaya Bello, was not the
sponsor of the petition against the
chairman of the Senate Committee on
the Federal Capital Territory .
Olowo said , “ We don ’t need to lobby
or allow anyone to lobby us. The
governor and the senator are not from
the same senatorial district .
“ We believe that the Senate ought to
be a place for people who can be
trusted . We have stomach his excesses
for more than two years now . We can ’ t
continue anymore .
“ We were the one that mobilised the
voters and we did this for some days .
Melaye was a pillar among those who
installed the governor and was also
the one who nominated the present
secretary to the state government . ”
The Director of Publicity and Voter
Education at the commission , Mr.
Oluwole Osaze- Uzzi, was not available
to react to the submission of the
petition.
However , he had earlier told our
correspondent that the commission
would conduct a referendum on the
plan to recall Melaye .
Section 69 of the Constitution
stipulates on how to recall senators
from the Senate.
It states that (1 ) A member of the
Senate or of the House of
Representatives may be recalled as
such a member if —
(a ) there is presented to the Chairman
of the Independent National Electoral
Commission a petition in that behalf
signed by more than one- half of the
persons registered to vote in that
member’s constituency alleging their
loss of confidence in that member; and
(b) the petition is thereafter in a
referendum conducted by the
Independent National Electoral
Commission within 90 days of the date
of receipt of the petition, approved by
a simple majority of the votes of the
persons registered to vote in that
member’s constituency .
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