EKITI Assembly to probe alleged hurried passage of N10bn supplementary budget

THE Ekiti State House of Assembly has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the passage of N10 billion naira supplementary budget by the House during the twilight of the administration of the immediate past government of Chief Ayodele Fayose.

The House, at its sitting on Tuesday, appointed the deputy speaker, Mr Segun Adewumi, as Chairman of the committee while Mr Sunday Akinniyi and Fajana Ojo-Ade would serve as members.

Meanwhile, the Assembly members have commended Governor Kayode Fayemi for cancelling the education levy imposed by the Fayose administration, saying the governor’s action deserved commendation.

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Speaker of the House, Mr Adeniran Alagbada, during a debate on a motion brought by the Leader of Business, Chief Gboyega Aribisogan, said the abrogation of the education tax was “a burden taken away from the people.”

Aribisogan, who led the debate on the cancellation of the education tax, said Ekiti people had earlier rejected the tax and noted that a religious organisation had instituted a legal action against the state government over the levy.