APC protests as Bauchi Govt postpones inauguration of 9th Assembly

The Bauchi  State Government has postponed the Inauguration of the state 9th Assembly to Thursday.
The acting Clerk of the Assembly, Alhaji Umar  Gital,  announced the postponement in a statement in Bauchi on Monday.
Gital said the state government regretted the inconvenience the postponement of the inauguration earlier scheduled for Monday might have  caused invited guests.
The 8th Assembly was dissolved on June 14 with expectation of inauguration of the 9th assembly on Monday.
Gital, who confirmed  that the inauguration would now take place on Thursday, at the state Assembly Chambers, said that “ all inconveniences are highly regretted, please”.
Meanwhile, the state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faulted the postponement of the inauguration.
The State Secretary of the party, Alhaji Bako Hussaini, in a statement, said Nigeria’s  Constitution did not confer the empower on governor to postpone the exercise.
Hussaini described Governor Bala Mohammad’s alleged action as undemocratic, null and void.
He added that APC has a clear majority in the 9th Assembly in the state with 22 members as against the ruling PDP’s eight members.
“The APC leadership in the state will not fold its arms to allow the ruling party do anything contrary to the Constitution of Nigeria,” he said.