Political henpecking took a more interesting turn yesterday as Deputy Governor of Enugu State got an impeachment notice from lawmakers in the state. 22 out of the 24 members of the Enugu State House of Assembly signed a notice of impeachment against the Deputy Governor for, among other things, contravening the February 2013 resolution which prohibits the “main maintenance and operation of a commercial livestock and poultry farms within residential neighborhoods in Enugu Metropolis in promotion of public health standards’.
The lawmakers say Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State had on two different occasions directed the Deputy Governor to relocate the commercial poultry farm out of the premises of his official residential quarters , which is also within the general premises of the Government House Enugu and adjacent to the Governor’s office but his Deputy had ignored both directives.
According to them, the Deputy Governor insisted that he would not relocate his commercial poultry farm from the premises of his official residential quarters, an act which they described as “discourteous” and in “utter disregard of the office of the governor”.
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“When the government through the appropriate Ministries and departments relocated the birds and cleared the premises of the noxious stench emanating therefrom, the Deputy Governor wrongfully deployed the resources and powers of his office as deputy governor to invite the press and openly castigated the government and her officials, thereby impugning and denigrating the authority and office of the governor and embarrassing the government,” they said.
(Chicken Poultry: Enugu Deputy Governor Faces Impeachment For operating in Govt Quarters). We await further developments on this story.