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| Newly Sworn in Deputy Governor of Kogi State Simon Achuba |
Simon Achuba has been sworn in as the
Deputy Governor of Kogi State, in Lokoja the state capital.
Achuba was sworn in as deputy governor
behind closed doors at the banquet hall of the Government House shortly after
the House endorsed his nomination.
Speaker of the House of Assembly, Momoh-Jimoh
Lawal, confirmed to journalists, who were denied entry into the venue of the inauguration
that the approval was in response to a letter by the governor seeking the
consideration and approval of the House for the nomination.
The speaker explained that the approval
of the Achuba, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All
progressives Congress in May, 2015 was to prevent a vacuum from being created
in the state government.
Achuba, a two-time member of the House
was asked to take a bow and go following the submissions of members that as a
former member of the Assembly, there was no need to subject him to rigorous
screening.
Governor Yahaya Bello had sent a letter
containing his nomination as deputy governor to the Assembly on Monday after
weeks of deliberations.
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