Oyo Assembly Refuses to Lift Ban on Suspension of 13 Caretaker Chairmen, Orders Fresh Probe

The Oyo state house of assembly has received a letter of apology from the state’s forum of caretaker chairmen, to solicit pardon for the 13 local government and local council development areas chairmen who were recently suspended indefinitely over contempt of the parliament.

The letter dated the 4th of November, 2020, and read to the lawmakers by the speaker, Oyo state house of assembly, Rt. hon Adebo Ogundoyin stated that the failure of the 13 local government and local council development areas to submit earth moving equipment reports in their domains were never a deliberate action to undermine the authority of the legislature, and appealed to the house to temper justice with mercy.

While ruling over the letter, the speaker, Oyo state house of assembly, Rt. honorable Adebo Ogundoyin referred the apology letter to the House committee on local government and chieftaincy matters for further scrutiny and ordered a fresh probe into the administrative lapses of the Akinyele East LCDA chairperson, Ido Local Government Chairman, Oluyole Local Government Chairman, Ibadan North East Local Government Chairman, Lagelu West LCDA Chairperson, Soro LCDA Chairperson, Ogbomoso Central LCDA Chairperson, Ogbomoso South West LCDA Chairperson, Ajorosun LCDA Chairperson, Ibarapa North West LCDA Chairperson, Itesiwaju Local Government Caretaker Chairman, Oyo East Local Government Chairman, and Oyo South East LCDA Chairperson.

Following the presentation of the report of the house committee on public accounts, finance and appropriation, the house observed the third reading of the Oyo State Legislative Funds Management Bill, 2020, and passed it into law.

in a similar vein, the house considered the need for the executive arm of government to beef up security within and outside the capital city of Ibadan, following the invasion of some herdsmen.

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