Crisis rocks Edo Assembly as workers protest planned repeal of financial autonomy for house, judiciary

Plenary sitting was disrupted for respective hours astatine the Edo State House of Assembly connected Wednesday arsenic workers protested against the projected repeal of the fiscal autonomy granted to the authorities legislature and judiciary.

DAILY POST reports that the workers described the projected repeal arsenic a menace to the independency and effectual functioning of the 2 arms of government.

DAILY POST recalls that the fiscal autonomy was granted to the 2 arms of authorities successful 2023, during the medication of erstwhile Governor Godwin Obaseki, by the authorities lawmakers.

Trouble started erstwhile the Order Paper for the day’s plenary sitting connected August 19, 2026, listed 2 bills: “A Bill for a Law to Repeal the Edo State Judiciary Financial Autonomy Law, 2023” and “A Bill for a Law to Repeal the Edo State House of Assembly Funds Management Law, 2023.”

Following the development, workers successful their ample numbers stormed the main legislative enclosure to protestation against the proposal.

The workers, chanting anti-government songs, described the determination arsenic uncalled for, noting that they had fought for the autonomy during the medication of erstwhile Governor Obaseki.

They said they had started enjoying the fiscal autonomy since 2024, earlier the medication of Governor Monday Okpebholo, and urged the lawmakers to person a rethink and shelve the proposal.

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