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Oyo Assembly Approves Bayo Lawal As Deputy Governor After Impeaching Olaniyan
The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the nomination of Bayo Lawal as the state’s Deputy Governor.
Lawmakers in the state gave the approval on Monday afternoon after impeaching Rauf Olaniyan as the state’s Deputy Governor.
Olaniyan was impeached by the lawmakers over allegations of misconduct.
The decision to impeach him was reached after the lawmakers presented and considered the recommendation of the seven-man panel set up by the Chief Judge, Munta Abimbola to investigate him over allegations of gross misconduct and abuse of office.
The impeachment according to the assembly takes immediate effect.
According to the report of the committee presented during Monday’s plenary by the Majority leader of the house, Hon Sanjo Adedoyin, the seven-man panel found the Deputy Governor guilty of all the allegations leveled against him.
All the 23 PDP lawmakers at the plenary voted in support of the recommendations of the panel.
The investigative panel was set up last week to investigate at least five allegations contained in a petition against Olaniyan.
Olaniyan had been elected into office in 2019 with Governor Seyi Makinde under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party but had a falling out with the governor over time.
This year, the differences between both men and their working relationship deteriorated and became virtually irreconcilable when the Deputy Governor dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress.
July 18, 2022
Oyo Assembly passes pension, mineral development bills into law
Members of Oyo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed no fewer than three bills into law.
Reports gathered that the bills passed by the lawmakers during their plenary on Tuesday included Oyo State Pension Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021, the Mineral Development Agency (Further Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Local Government (Further Amendment) Bill, 2021.
The three bills were passed after the clause by clause consideration of the Committee reports.
One of the lawmakers who represents Ogo-Oluwa/Surulere State Constituency, Simeon Oyeleke, who read the report of the Ad-hoc Committee that considered the Oyo State Pension Board (Amendment) Bill , 2021 said the amendment was aimed at further improving the welfare of Pensioners across Oyo State.
While presenting the report of the Ad-hoc Committee on Mineral Development Agency (Further Amendment) Bill, 2021, Kazeem Olayanju (Irepo/Olohunsogo) said the move was to ensure total regulation of mining activities in Oyo State such that it will benefit the state, host communities and the Miners.
While reading the report of the Ad-hoc Committee that considered the Local Government (Further Amendment) Bill, 2021, Hon Bamidele Adeola (Iseyin/Itesiwaju) explained that the amendment was to cater for creation of more departments for effective and effective service delivery in all Local Government councils across the State.
Speaker of the Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin in his remarks, said that the passage of the bills in a day was another testimony to the fact that the lawmakers were setting new record.
“This brought to seventy-five the total number of bills passed by the House of Assembly in a little above two years.
“We will not relent until we are able to set an outstanding record for this Assembly and for others coming behind.”
August 24, 2021
Oyo Assembly Approves Makinde’s N2bn loan request
Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the request of Governor Seyi Makinde to access N2billion loan facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for the implementation of the Anchor Borrowers Programme.
The facility is to be accessed from the CBN through Fidelity Bank.
The request was contained in a letter forwarded to the lawmakers by the governor and read by Speaker Adebo Ogundoyin on Tuesday.
The loan facility, according to the governor, is being sought for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and it is part of the plan of the government to develop the agricultural sector.
Governor Makinde in the letter hinted that the proposed loan facility would be used to fund cluster farming for maize, cassava, rice and tomatoes, while about 6,000 youths are expected to participate in the Anchor Borrowers Programme.

Commenting on the request, Deputy Speaker Muhammad Fadeyi and other lawmakers agreed that the Anchor Borrowers Programme, if well implemented, would assist in engaging youths and would help in reducing the high level of unemployment.
Speaker Ogundoyin said the Programme was coming at the right time, adding that youths interested in agriculture did not have the financial wherewithal to go into full practice.
He hailed Governor Makinde’s resolve to improve the agriculture sector as well as encourage youths to participate in farming and agricultural related activities.
December 16, 2020
Oyo Assembly confirms Aderemi as President of Customary Court of Appeal
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Justice Adekemi Aderemi as the President of the Customary Court of Appeal.
Speaking at plenary, the Speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin,urged Aderemi to fully utilise her position in making the judiciary better.
Ogundoyin also urged Aderemi to look into the backlog of cases pending in the court.
Aderemi, after her confirmation, pledged to use her position to reposition the judiciary
According to her, a lot of work remains to be done in the state’s judiciary.
“In terms of our job, we will definitely work very hard because where I am coming from, we work hard.
” Presently we have a whole load of cases to work on.
“We will even assist the High Court to continue to reduce the work load that is presently on ground,” she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aderemi was born on Jan. 4, 1956.
May 28, 2020