Oyo Assembly Gives OYSIEC Ultimatum to submit May, 2018 Local Govt. Election Documents

-

The Oyo State House of Assembly has given Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC seven days ultimatum to provide every relevant document pertaining to the May, 2018 Local Government elections.

The motion which was moved during its Thursday plenary in Ibadan by the Chief Whip of the house representing Iwajowa State constituency, Hon. Hakeem Adedibu was titled, “Urgent need to scrutinize the accounts of Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC”.

According to Adedibu, administrative heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government usually take turns to appear before the Honourable House for the annual budget defence session.

He noted that the immediate past budget defence session responses received from OYSEIC officials in respect to the Local Governments elections of May, 2018 conducted by the former Governor Abiola Ajimobi led administration elicited more confusion than clarification.

He said, “OYSEIC was enacted by Oyo State House of Assembly. Consequently, this honourable house is constitutionally empowered to scrutinize the activities of OYSIEC.

“We have given OYSIEC one week ultimatum to furnished the office of the clerk with relevant documents on payment of nonrefundable, payment of nomination form and other relevant documents stipulated in Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission Law, 1999.”

Making his contributions before reading out the resolutions on the floor, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin stressed that the motion should not be considered as a position of any political party, neither is it moved to witch-hunt any individual or group.

Ogundoyin noted that any individual or group may have their opinion and reservation against the May, 2018 LG elections but the fact remains OYSIEC spent Oyo State fund on the election and it is only responsible to check their books when there is need for it.

“Some appointed board members of OYSIEC truly have pending court case but I considered it unnecessary to obstruct the investigation of OYSIEC as an agencies of the Oyo State government by the lawmakers.

“We are inviting OYSIEC and its relevant schedule officers to appear before the committee of the house for clarifications on issues related to the conduct of the election,” he added.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

14,406 poorest Oyo households to get N7,500 monthly till 2020

-
Image
 A total of 14,406 poorest of the poor households across 19 local government areas of Oyo State have been captured to receive N7,500 every month under the World Bank Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO). State Coordinator, Oyo State Operation Coordinating Unit (SOCU), Mrs Olaide Lasisi, made this known on Wednesday, in Ibadan, at a sensitisation of Chairmen of local government areas in the Community Based Targeting Exercise of the YESSO programme. Noting that the 14,406 households amounted to 58,435 individuals in its register of beneficiaries to collect N7,500, Lasisi said the state coordinating unit had also just identified another set of 14,594 households in the remaining 14 local government areas as potential beneficiaries. Upon the cleaning of its new data of 14,594 households, Lasisi said disbursement will be accelerated across all 33 local government areas at once, because the YESSO programme is meant to end next year. She advocated for the supp
Read more

Makinde To Appoint Adviser On Labour Matters, Negotiate Minimum Wage With Workers

-
Image
The Oyo State governor-elect, Engr Seyi Makinde has congratulated the Nigerian Labour Congress in Oyo State on this year’s Labour Day and urged them to protect the interest of their members. In a release signed by his spokesperson, Prince Dotun Oyelade, Makinde said it is pertinent for the labour union and government to engage in constant dialogue in a very transparent and sincere manner to move the state forward at the advent of new administration in the state. He further asked them to discourage members from acts of collusion with desperate politicians who are taking advantage of the transitional period in the state. He reassured the union that his administration will be labour friendly and involve them in the day to day running of the administration by creating the office of a Special Adviser on Labour Matters.
Read more