Edo Speaker Enforces Dress Code, Orders Deputy Leader Osawaru Out For Improper Attire

The Deputy Majority Leader of Edo State House of Assembly, Natasha Osawaru, was yesterday ordered to leave the plenary for improper dressing and wearing of a dark sunshade.

The Speaker of the House, Blessing Agbebaku, ordered Osawaru, the representative of Egor constituency, to leave the session, following a point of order raised by Nicholas Asonsere, who represents Ikpoba-Okha constituency.

Asonsere noted that the deputy majority leader’s mode of dressing was against the rules of the House.

He said: “This hallowed chamber is a sacred place. We will not continue to accept or allow anybody to bring it to disrepute.

“We have tolerated enough of the attitude and behaviour of some honourable members, so to speak, and if we do not correct this now, it will become a precedent for others to emulate, if not now, in the near future.

“Please, Mr Speaker, if I have the permission, I want to crave the indulgence to read some rules of the House’s sections and sub-sections.

“We have our own Bible, which is often referred to as the rules of Edo State House of Assembly, upon these we are being guided.

“Any member that violates or contravenes the rules is punishable by the law.”

[TheNigerianLawyer]