Reps swear in Benue lawmaker, finally
The Benue lawmaker was sworn in after months of delay.
Recommended articles
![Ighodalo defeats Shaibu, others to emerge as Edo PDP governorship candidate [NAN]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Ighodalo defeats Shaibu, others to emerge as Edo PDP governorship candidate [NAN]")
She was sworn in by House Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, during plenary session on Tuesday, October 3, 2017.
The lawmaker is a replacement for Hon. Herman Hembe who was sacked by the Supreme Court in a June 23 ruling that adjudged Mato to be the legitimate winner of the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mato's inauguration had been delayed for months, first for not completing documentation, and then later for a lawsuit that was filed against House Speaker, Dogara, by members of her constituent for delaying the inauguration.
ADVERTISEMENT
After the delay prompted criticism against the House leadership of discriminating against the lawmaker, she told Pulse Nigeria that she had no such trouble with Dogara as they don't know each other too well.
She said, "I don't think there's a problem with the speaker. He doesn't know me, we're not that close, so he cannot have anything against me.
"When I recovered my mandate, most times, Mr. Speaker would be on one engagement or the other, so he was not on seat. So many times I went to the House, he was not on seat. Not that he has anything against me."
She had also lamented that the vacumm was hurting her constituency as it didn't have any representative in the National Assembly for three months.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Why our plane made emergency landing at Lagos airport, Air Peace clarifies
Over 75% of Katsina children are multidimensionally poor – UNICEF
PDP unveils 200-member campaign council for Ighodalo's guber election in Edo
Tinubu approves resumption of repair work on Third Mainland Bridge
Ondo Poll: Ganduje consoles Jimoh Ibrahim after crushing defeat in APC primary
FG to review recent price hike of DStv, GOtv packages amid public outcry
BREAKING: FG grants Air Peace right to commence Abuja-London flights - Keyamo
Deputy who dumped Akeredolu clinches PDP governorship ticket
Gov inaugurates 2nd phase of palliative distribution to poor Enugu residents
ADVERTISEMENT
![Polling clerks counted votes at a polling station after completing the voting process of the general election in Abuja, Nigeria, on February 25, 2023. [Getty Images]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Polling clerks counted votes at a polling station after completing the voting process of the general election in Abuja, Nigeria, on February 25, 2023. [Getty Images]")