Cross River Assembly reinstates impeached speaker

The Cross River House of Assembly has reinstated its Speaker, Mr. Elvert Anyambem.

17 out of 25 members of the Assembly on May 22 impeached the speaker for high-handedness and financial impropriety.

The lawmakers alleged that the speaker indulged in arbitrary expenditures in contravention of Section 9(1) of the state’s Legislative Funds Management Law, 2021.