The Benue State House of Assembly has passed a resolution, calling on the executive Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, to suspend the Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Dr. Grace Adagba for a period of six months.
The house also directed the Special Adviser, Bureau for local government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Denen Aondoakaa stopped releasing funds to the board.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Terver Zamber, in a statement on Tuesday said the mover of the motion, Hon. Bemdoo Peter Ipusu informed the house that the Chairman had refused to honour the adhoc committee constituted by the house to investigate her illegal activities at the board.
According to the statement, Hon. Ipusu, stated that the SUBEB chairman has written to the House, claiming it has no right to investigate contracts from the board, and accused the chairman of deliberately obstructing the House from exercising its constitutional oversight mandate.
Contributing, members expressed strong displeasure over the SUBEB Chairman’s behavior and urged the House to recommend her immediate suspension.
