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OGHA Speaker Lists Legislative Achievements, Urges Action Against Land Grabbing
By Omolara Adasofunjo The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, Mr Oludaisi Elemide, announced that the Assembly has passed 11 bills into law and endorsed over 42 resolutions to promote peace, order, and good governance in the state within the past year. Speaking at the Assembly Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, during an…
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OGHA Speaker Wants Holistic Implementation of Anti-Open Grazing Law
By Omolara Adasofunjo The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, Mr Oludaisi Elemide had called on relevant authorities to ensure a holistic implementation of the Ogun State Anti-Open Grazing Law, with a view to controlling the movement of herdsmen across the state. Mr Elemide made the call while reacting to the report…
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OGHA Confirms Adebisi Femi-Segun as President Ogun Customary Court of Appeal
By Omolara Adasofunjo Ogun State House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of Justice Adebisi Femi-Segun for appointment as the President of the Customary Court of Appeal in the state, saying she is fit and worthy to occupy the office. The confirmation followed a motion moved by the majority leader, Mr Yusuf Sheriff, seconded by…
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Agosasa Chaos: OGHA Calls for Deployment of Security Personnel
By Omolara Adasofunjo Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, has passed a resolution calling on the executive to facilitate the deployment of armed security personnel to Agosasa Community in Ipokia Local Government Area of the state as part of efforts to restore peace and orderliness, following civil unrest in the area. The resolution followed a…
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Ogun PASAN Suspends Strike for Twenty-One Days
By Omolara Adasofunjo Legislative staff workers in Ogun State under the umbrella of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, have resumed duty after the suspension of their 21-day industrial action. According to a statement by the chairman, PASAN, Ogun State Chapter, Comrade Ayotunde Ojediran, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Union and…
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Stakeholders Call for Stiffer Punishments for Land Grabbers
By Omolara Adasofunjo Participants at a stakeholders’ forum at the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, have advocated establishment of a petitions tribunal on land matters and award stiffer punishments to persons promoting land grabbing in the state. Those that attended the forum on amendment of a bill for a law to prohibit entry and…
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Join in efforts to enhance state’s prosperity – OGHA charges Commissioners-Nominee
By Omolara Adasofunjo Nine prospective commissioners have been screened by the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, with a charge on them to redouble efforts at enhancing the state’s prosperity, if they eventually joined Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration. OGHA Speaker, Mr Olakunle Oluomo who gave the charge also urged the commissioner-nominees to be prepared for…
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Chaos as Suspended Former Lawmaker Storms OGHA Complex
It took the intervention of security agents to prevent a crisis at the Abeokuta Secretariat Complex of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, when the suspended former Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr Oludare Kadiri stormed the Assembly Complex to gain entry into his office. Mr Kadiri who was alleged to have led suspected…
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Four Bills Scale 2nd Reading at Ogun Assembly
Four bills including the Ogun State Rural Access Road Agency Law, 2022, the Ogun State Road Fund, the Ogun State Roads Fund Board and Administration 2022 and the Sacred Heart College of Nursing Sciences Law 2022, scaled through second reading at the State House of Assembly, Oke Mosan Abeokuta. These bills were aimed at providing effective…
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Suspension Saga: OGHA Reinstates Solomon Osho
The Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, has reinstated one of the suspended lawmakers, Mr Solomon Osho, representing Remo North State Constituency. Mr Osho was suspended alongside former Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr Dare Kadiri for alleged infringement on the provisions of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act, 2017. The suspension was lifted…
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Ogun Speaker to be Arraigned in Lagos Monday
The Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, is to be arraigned in Lagos on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged financial crimes, an impeccable source within the anti-graft agency confirmed to our correspondent Saturday night. The source, who pleaded anonymity, noted that the agency was leaving no stone unturned…
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Update: Oluomo Flown to Abuja for Questioning
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has flown the arrested Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for questioning. As reliably gathered, the embattled lawmaker is currently onboard an Abuja-bound aircraft over alleged misappropriation and embezzlement of funds An impeccable source within the anti-graft…
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Ogun Assembly Commences Budget Performance Assessment for MDAs
Ogun State House of Assembly will commence this year’s budget performance assessment for the First Quarter on the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government as well as Local Government Councils. A statement signed by the Clerk of the House, Mr Deji Adeyemo, notes that the annual exercise remains part of the oversight functions of the…
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OGHA Canvasses Even Spread of Rural Road Projects
Ogun State House of Assembly has tasked the State Project,Monitoring Committee of the Rural Access and Agriculture Marketing Project (RAAMP) on the need to ensure even spread of rural road construction and durable road projects that will further aid rural development. Speaker of the House, Mr Olakunle Oluomo, stated this at the Assembly complex, Oke…
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We will always support FRCN – OGHA Speaker
The Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, says it will offer continuous support and partnership to the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, for the growth and development of the Ogun State. The speaker, OGHA, Mr Olakunle Oluomo stated this while playing host to the management team of FRCN Ibadan Zonal Station (which comprises all the Southwest states…
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Elephants Invade Farmlands, Injure Farmer, Destroy Crops In Ogun
A Member representing Ijebu East State constituency at the Ogun State House of assembly ,Mr Sola Adams has described the recent incident where elephants attacked a farmer in his constituency as worrisome. Mr Adams who spoke under personal explanation during plenary in Abeokuta affirmed invasion of farmlands by elephants which also injured a farmer at Itashin in Ijebu East…
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Ogun Assembly Calls For Constitution Of Task Force To Check Hoarding Of Fuel
Ogun State House of Assembly has appealed to the State government to immediately constitute a special task force to checkmate artificial scarcity of petroleum products to reduce incessant queues at fuel stations. Speaker of the House ,Mr Olakunle Oluomo made the plea during the plenary at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Mr.Oluomo noted that the…
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OGHA Proposes Security Summit to Tackle Insecurity in Public Schools
Security Summit is being proposed by the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, to tackle disturbing trend of insecurity in public schools across the state. Speaker of the House, Mr Olakunle Oluomo stated this while receiving a non-governmental organisation, National School Crimes Prevention Corps, NSCPC, on a courtesy visit at the Assembly Complex, Oke Mosan,…
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Stronger laws needed to tackle gender-based violence – Mrs. Abiodun
The Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, has been urged to enact a law that will put a stop to all forms of gender-based violence among the people. The appeal was made by a group of people involved in activism against gender-based violence in the state, led by the wife of the state governor, Mrs.…
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OGHA Tasks Security Agencies On Tackling Criminality In Abeokuta
Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, Mr. Olakunle Oluomo has charged the security formations in the state to rise to the task by stemming the tide of cult-related killings, armed robbery and illegal activities, noting that such activities had continued to throw residents into palpable fear. Mr. Oluomo gave the charge during the plenary…
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Let’s all work towards de-emphasizing money politics – Oluomo
Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, Mr. Olakunle Oluomo, wants the labour unions to always focus their agitations on the promotion and entrenchment of good governance rather than remuneration of workers. Mr. Oluomo stated this in Abeokuta during the 2021 Independence Day Anniversary lecture organized by the Ogun State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour…
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OGHA Calls For Speedy, Statewide, Road Rehabilitation
Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA Committee on Works and Infrastructure wants the operations of the State Public Works Agency to be strengthened to fast track massive road rehabilitations across the state. The Chairman of the committee, Mr Abayomi Fasuwa, stated this during an interactive session with the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Ade…
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Ogun House Approves 2022-2024 MTEF
Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, has approved the 2022-2024 State Medium Term Expenditure Framework sent to the lawmakers for consideration by the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. The financial framework was unanimously approved at a plenary presided over by the Speaker of the House, Mr. Olakunle Oluomo, after the presentation of the report of…
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OGHA Holds Stakeholders’ Forum On VAT
Participants in a stakeholders’ forum on Ogun State Value Added Tax Law 2021 have called for a review of the sharing percentage for revenue accruable from VAT between the state and Local Government Councils, to enhance development at the grassroots. They made the call in separate submissions at the forum facilitated by the Ogun State House…
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OGHA Passes Ogun Public Procurement Bill, Seeks Improved Funding For Legislature, Judiciary
Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, have called on the state government to improve funds allocation to the legislative and judicial arms of government for seamless operation of their financial autonomy. They made the call during a session with the Ogun State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Olaolu Olabimtan on the…
