The member representing Ayamelum Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Bernard Udemezue, has been suspended for three months over a post he made on social media.
Udemezue’s suspension was announced during plenary on Tuesday.
The lawmaker was said to have shared a message in a WhatsApp group, mostly populated by his constituents, that he receives N10 million quarterly from the state government for projects in his constituency.
The disclosures did not go down well with his colleagues in the Assembly, who then took the decision to suspend him.
Based on the report presented by the House Committee on Rules, Business, Ethics, and Privileges, chaired by the Majority Leader and a member representing Ekwusigo Constituency, Sir Ikenna Ofodeme, recommended Udemezue’s suspension for three months without salary.
The committee described Udemezue’s conduct as unparliamentary, and recommended that he should not be seen within the Assembly premises for the period of the suspension.
In his reaction, Udemezue insisted that he was only being victimized because he revealed that lawmakers collect N10 million quarterly for projects in their constituencies.
According to him, some of the lawmakers pocket their, and as a result, were angry about the revelation.
Udemezue maintained that he did nothing wrong, stressing that his sole aim in revealing his emoluments was to update his constituents on his stay in the Assembly.
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