The Plateau State House of Assembly on Tuesday held its plenary after two months of closure and congratulated the new state Governor Caleb Mutfwang.

Security operatives sealed the assembly complex on April 4 over a leadership tussle.

The speaker, Abok Ayuba, who presided over the Tuesday plenary, was elected speaker by his colleagues in June 2019 but was impeached on October 28, 2021, by the assembly members.

Mr Ayuba, however, challenged his impeachment, which he described as illegal, saying that it contravened the rules of the assembly.

He was eventually reinstated on April 3 by a Plateau High Court presided over by Justice Nefisa Musa.

The reinstated speaker, during the plenary, decried the time wasted over the needless closure.

During the plenary, a motion for a matter of urgent public importance was moved by Assemblyman Bala Fwenji, a member representing the Mangu South State Constituency.

Mr Fwenji said he moved the motion in pain because most parts of his constituency came under serious attack, with no fewer than 180 people killed, many sustained various degrees of injuries while more than 30,000 were displaced.

The members unanimously condemned the persistent attacks in the state and called on Plateau govt. and the federal government to investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice.

They called for a review of the law establishing Operation Rainbow, the state security outfit, to make it more effective in combating the challenges.

The assemblymen called for a roundtable for the key stakeholders in Plateau to find a permanent solution to the attacks.

They called on the government to direct the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to assess the situation and assist the victims to ameliorate their sufferings.

The Plateau Rural Access Agency bill passed second reading during the plenary.

(NAN)