Foreign trip: Ayade has not violated law – Aide
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has not violated the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for traveling out of the country without writing the Speaker of the House of Assembly, says his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Christian Ita.
Ita in a statement on Saturday scoffed at the claims by Okoi Obono-Obla that the governor was in breach of the constitution.
According to Ita, it is also not true that the governor left the state in January, stating that the governor was still in the state in February and even attended the burial of late former deputy Governor, Dr Walter Eneji in second week of February.
He maintained that the constitution mandates the governor to write the Speaker only when he is proceeding on his annual leave or medical leave.
“The governor in this instance is on a working visit to some countries, including Canada where he and some members of the state executive council are attending the biggest mining conference in the world at the invitation of the Canadian government.
“Under Section 190 of the Constitution, the governor does not need to transmit any letter to the Speaker unless he is on annual leave or medical leave .
“Under Section 193, the governor can assign his responsibility to his Deputy or a commissioner whether he is on leave or not. The Deputy Governor can only act as governor when the governor is on leave or incapable and then transmit the declaration in writing to the Speaker.”
Ita urged the public to ignore the ignorance being peddled by Obla on the issue, saying he is only seeking cheap publicity.
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on Mar 12 2016. Filed under Ben Ayade Desk.
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