OYO ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS DISSOLUTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS, APPROVES 10 ADDITIONAL ADVISERS FOR GOVERNOR MAKINDE
The Assembly after an hour thorough deliberation and cross-fire resolved and supported the dissolution of the Board of Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) stating that, it was in the public interest and preservation of the sanctity of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Penpushing recalled that the Chairman of Association of Local Government Chairman of Nigeria in Oyo State, Prince Ayodeji Abass- Alesiloye had earlier described Governor Makinde’s action for sacking the Councils Chairmen as unconstitutional and a violation of a subsisting court order, saying that “ALGON, Oyo State rejects the unconstitutional act because It is illegal, undemocratic, violation of rule of law and contempt of a subsisting court injunction against any dissolution of the Local Government as ordered by Justice A.A. Aderemi of High Court 2, Ibadan, Oyo State, on May 6, 2019.”
The Assembly, in the same vein, also approved a request by the Executive Eovernor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, for the appointment of 10 additional Special Advisers, (SA).
The request delivered to the House in a message sent to the lawmakers was encoded in a letter from the Governor, and read by the Clerk of the House, Mrs. Felicia Oyediran and moved for approval by the Majority leader Hon Sanjo Adedoyin, and seconded by the Minority leader, Hon Asimiyu Alarape.
Penpushing further reports that, the House also deliberated on the urgent need to arrest the scarcity of Teachers in Public Schools in Rural Areas of the State and also discussed urgent need to reconstruct speed breakers at the University of Ibadan Second Gate Read in order to safeguard the lives of commuters who ply the Road.
The House of Assembly, however constituted an 8-man committee and 2-man committee respectively to investigate the matters and submit their reports to the House within two weeks.
