Nigeria - There are reports that members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state protested at the entrance of the state House of Assembly.
According to Punch, the protesters said they would not allow Governor Olusegun Mimiko into the premises to present the 2017 appropriation bill to the members of the assembly.
The 2017 budget presentation is scheduled to hold at 12 noon today, February 1.
The assembly which had been sealed off by the police would be opened for the governor to present the bill.
The protesters said they were also protesting against an alleged move by the governor to send 38 bills to the state assembly for passage into law.
Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, the leader of protesters, who spoke with journalists at the assembly entrance alleged that Mimiko was lobbying the lawmakers to earn life pension from the resources of the state.
Recall that on Monday, January 30, the Ondo state police command shut the assembly premises following the crisis rocking the position of the Speaker.
This was to prevent further altercations between factions loyal to Malachi Coker and Jumoke Akindele who are laying claim to be the Speaker of the House.
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