Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this issue came in the House in the morning. It is being revisited by another hon. Member. In the morning, I said that, first of all, anything to do with fertilizer does not fall under my docket. The Chair ordered that the Minister for Agriculture should come with a Statement by next week. What falls under my docket is a small component which talks about beating, which I will be able to respond to when the Minister requests for some information. view
• 7 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that that is not under my docket. Fertilizer is not within this Ministry. However, there is a small component which comes under my docket and it involves security; that is, how many people were arrested. The issue of fertilizer should be directed to the Ministry of Agriculture and then that Ministry will ask me how many people have been arrested. view
• 7 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me commit that I will talk to the Minister for Agriculture to bring this Ministerial Statement by next week on Tuesday or Wednesday morning. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) On 25th March, 2010, one Lolita Lekoloi reported at Archers Police Post that his son Lmaino Lekoloi aged 18 years came home bleeding from the neck. He informed him that they had been attacked while walking home by people who were in an Administration Police Land Rover believed to be from Rapid Deployment Unit in Wamba. He managed to escape after sustaining a cut wound on the neck leaving behind his friend Nakini Lomoiyok. When police visited the scene, they found Nakini Lomoiyok dead. Lmaino Lekoloi was rushed to hospital and ... view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to speculate the motive. This is a serious matter and we are going to take action against those who were involved. I would request the questioner, Mr. Letimalo, to give us time for the investigations results to come in order for us to discipline those who were involved in this heinous act. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to promise this House that we are not going to leave any stone unturned. It is quite absurd to force somebody to take a chemical. I do not believe in the 21st Century, a ... view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, It would not be fair for people who are stationed at Wamba to the tune of 38 officers to be charged with murder. That is why we have opened a file for inquiry and urge that we let the law take its own course. Let the investigations be done and I will plead with my colleagues to let the law take its course. We have opened an inquiry file and once this person recovers, we are going to parade all those fellows who are at Wamba Police Post and the guy will be able to identify ... view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, under normal circumstances, once we get some information about fellows who have committed a crime, we move with speed to view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when my friend talked to the Assistant Minister called “Ojode”--- I do not mislead or lie to the House. I have said that we will implement the reforms and get rid of the police officers who are tarnishing the good name of the Police Force. I want to assure this House that that is exactly what we will do. We will also retrain police officers so that they can do a good job. view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of a case in the hon. Member’s constituency where three or four people were killed. If at all there was an incident like that one, I do not think it involved the APs. We have a force of 40,000 plus officers and not all of them are bad. One or two of them will have a weird kind of thinking. That is why we will retrain both the APs and the regular police officers. As has been mentioned earlier on, the officers have been doing a commendable job. I still believe that ... view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a good suggestion. I have no problem in giving updates on what we have so far done on the ground. I can do that in a month’s time. That is okay. view