{"id":8410,"date":"2013-08-15T17:44:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T17:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/kaduna-state-assembly-initiate-proceedings-to-impeach-speaker\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T17:44:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T17:44:59","slug":"kaduna-state-assembly-initiate-proceedings-to-impeach-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/kaduna-state-assembly-initiate-proceedings-to-impeach-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna: State Assembly initiate proceedings to impeach Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>By Citizens platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Kaduna state House of Assembly has initiated impeachment proceedings against the Speaker and other principal officers for incompetence and alleged gross misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker, Usman Gangara allegedly has a running battle with some lawmakers who had been plotting to remove him from office due to his disloyalty to the executive arm of government and running a divided administration.<\/p>\n<p>The members, who were supposed to resume sitting Thursday after a two-month recession, insisted that the speaker must resign before they can commence the day&#8217;s plenary.<\/p>\n<p>Gangara then summoned members to his office for an emergency closed door meeting to resolve issues brought against him.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, the spokesman of the House, Yakubu Yusuf addressed journalist saying that the full details on the change in the house leadership would be made public soon.<\/p>\n<p>However, the members could not elect a new speaker and other principal officers due to their inability to settle on a particular candidate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/> Posted in <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerianews.disnaija.com\/\">Nigeria News. <\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\">DisNaija.Com<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p>Source:  Citizens Platform<\/p>\n<p><b>DisNaija.Com<\/b> publishes regular posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeria-news.disnaija.com\/\">Nigeria News,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerian-newspapers.disnaija.com\/\">Nigerian Newspapers,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/online-nigeria.disnaija.com\/\">Online Nigeria Gist.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/nigerianews.disnaija.com\/citizens-platform\/kaduna-state-assembly-initiate-proceedings-to-impeach-speaker\/\">Nigeria News<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"true\" data-size=\"large\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Dis_Naija<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Your Opinion Counts. 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