The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Sunday
announced the sack and later reinstatement of all the 15 commissioners
and 21 chairpersons of local government councils without the approval of
the state House of Assembly.
A report by ThisDay predicted that the governor would
dissolve his cabinet on Sunday as the “governor is no more comfortable
with 90 per cent of his cabinet members, following the discovery of the
importation of the Military uniforms and other Military prohibited goods
by Senator Dino Melaye.”
The governor’s chief press secretary, Petra Onyegbule, on
Sunday announced the dissolution of the cabinet and local government
chairmen in a post on Facebook.
"Governor Yahaya Bello dissolved his cabinet. Commissioners
have been directed to hand over all government property in their
possessions to the SSG. Also dissolved are LGA Administrators. This step
has been taken to rejig the system for better service to the people and
the State. Details shortly,” she posted.
But shortly after her initial post announcing the sack of
the commissioners, Mrs Onyegbule announced the restatement of the
commissioners and local government administrators without undergoing
screening by the state legislators.
“BREAKING: The governor announced a return to office for
all commissioners and administrators; demands better performance and
better relationship between the appointees and the masses,” her second
post reads.
Section 192 of the constitution requires that a
commissioner is only appointed after the approval of the state House of
Assembly.
“Any appointment to the office of Commissioner of the
Government of a State shall, if the nomination of any person to such
office is confirmed by the House of Assembly of the State, be made by
the Governor of that State and in making any such appointment the
Governor shall conform with the provisions of section 14(4) of this
Constitution,” the section reads.
An Abuja-based lawyer, Sule Abu, argued that, “if the
second statement was a denial of the first statement, then it is a
different issue. But to state clearly that you ‘reinstated’ a
commissioner is a clear breach
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