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OYHA Approves 2025 Capital Budget Proposals
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the 2025 capital budget proposals of 33 local government areas in the state. This became imperative ahead of the proposed financial autonomy for Local Governments. The approval was made when the report of the House Committee on Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and State Honours…
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OYHA Moves to Regulate Scavengers’ Activities
By Mosope Kehide In a bid to curb the rising incidents of vandalism and theft of public and private infrastructure, Oyo Assembly member representing Ibadan North-West State Constituency, Mr Dawood Olalere has moved a motion for regulation of the activities of metal scavengers, commonly known as “Boola”. The motion was presented during plenary presided over…
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OYHA Celebrates Speaker Ogundoyin @38
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House of Assembly Correspondents has joined well-wishers within and beyond the state to congratulate the Speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin on the occasion of his 38th birthday anniversary celebration. Speaking on behalf of the correspondents during a congratulatory visit to the speaker, Chairman, 10th Oyo Assembly Correspondents, Mr Mosope Kehinde…
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OYHA Takes Steps to End Food Scarcity
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to conduct a comprehensive audit on the Integrated Agricultural Silo Complex Project at Awe in Oyo East Local Government. In a motion presented to the house by Mr Olorunpoto Rahman, the call became necessary to assess the current status of…
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OYHA Condemns Alleged Derogatory Remark against Soun
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House of Assembly has condemned the derogatory remarks allegedly made by the former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy to late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Dr. Doyin Odebowale against the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, during a recent broadcast on a radio station in Ibadan. …
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Test for Drug before Recruiting, Lawmaker Moves
By Mosope Kehinde In a bid to ensure the integrity of its workforce, Mr Dawood Al-Ameen, a lawmaker representing Ibadan North-West State Constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly, has called on the executive arm of government to make drug testing a mandatory part of the recruitment process for prospective government employees. This move…
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OYHA Calls on Executive to Strengthen Environmental Regulations
By Mosope Kehinde In its efforts to ensure a more standard, friendly and pollution-free environment for the people of Pacesetter State, the Oyo State House of Assembly has called on the executive to strengthen the enforcement of Environmental Regulations, particularly on air and water pollution across companies, lounges, institutions and malls in the state. This…
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Ibadan Stampede: Experts Urge Stricter Safety Measures
By Mosope Kehinde Advocates for child protection have urged the government to implement stringent safety measures to prevent stampedes at events with large gatherings. They expressed these concerns to journalists in Ibadan while reacting to the December 18, 2024, stampede at a children’s funfair held at Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan. Oyo State Coordinator of…
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OYHA Lauds Makinde for Development Drive
By Kehinde Mosope The Oyo State House of Assembly has commended Governor Seyi Makinde for his visionary leadership and commitment to the state’s development, as he signed the 2025 Appropriation Bill into law. The budget, tagged “Budget of Economic Stabilisation,” prioritizes infrastructure and education. The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr. Adebo…
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2025 budget will play key role towards economic prosperity – Makinde
By Iyabo Adebisi Governor Seyi Makinde has signed the Oyo State 2025 Budget into law, with assurance that the budget would play a key role in the state’s economic prosperity. Speaking at the signing ceremony held at the Executive Chamber, Governor’s office, Ibadan, Governor Makinde reassured the people of the state that his administration would…
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OYHA Approves Upward Review of Budget
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House of Assembly has passed and approved an upward review of the state’s budget, increasing it from ₦678 billion to ₦684 billion. This approval came after the House Committee on Finance, Appropriation, and State Economic Planning presented its report read by its Chairman, Mr. Sunkanmi Babalola representing Egbeda State…
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OYHA Calls for Regulations of Lapite Dump Site
By Mosope Kehinde Oyo State House of Assembly has urged the executive arm through the waste management authority, to implement and enforce strict waste regulations at Lapite dump site, Akinyele Local Government to control the disposal of waste at the dumpsite. This followed a motion brought to the House by the member representing Akinyele state…
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Lawmakers Seek Partnership with Security Agencies in Oyo
By Mosope Kehinde Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin has led the House Committee on Security and Strategy on a working visit to the headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The visit according to the Speaker is to synergize…
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OYHA Calls for Civil Service Audit
By Mosope Kehinde Oyo State House of Assembly has urged the executive to set up inter ministerial committee to look into cases of civil servants who have absconded or travelled out of the country but still receiving salaries. The advice followed a motion brought to the House by the Speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, co-sponsored by…
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OYHA Calls for Investigation over Absconding Civil Servants
Mosope Kehinde Oyo State House of Assembly has urged the executive to set up Inter Ministerial Committee to look into cases of civil servants who have absconded or travelled out of the country but still receiving salaries. The advice followed a motion brought to the house by the speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, co sponsored by…
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Oyo Assembly Condemns Invasion of State Secretariat
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House Assembly has condemned the attack by the acclaimed Oodua Nation Agitators over the invasion of the Agodi State Secretariat. The House made the condemnation following a motion raised by the Speaker, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin, under a matter of urgent public importance and presented by the leader of the…
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OYHA Moves to Strengthen Cooperative Societies
By Mosope Kehinde Oyo State House of Assembly, OYHA, has engaged cooperative societies in a stakeholders’ consultative meeting to form an action plan for enhanced productivity of the societies in the state. The meeting was organized by the House Committee on Commerce and Cooperatives to gather inputs from stakeholders towards an action plan for government’s…
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Address public school land encroachment – OYHA lawmaker
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House of Assembly, OYHA, has urged the executive to take proactive and decisive steps towards addressing the menace of land grabbing and encroachment of public school lands across the state. The appeal followed a motion moved by the lawmaker representing the Oluyole State constituency, Mr Waheed Akintayo on Tuesday…
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OYHA Orders Return of Faulty Earth Moving Equipment
By Mosope Kehinde Oyo State House of Assembly has directed all Chairmen across the 33 Local Government and 35 LCDA’s in the State to return all the faulty earth moving equipment outside their domains to their various council’s Secretariat. This formed part of recommendations on a report presented by Chairman, Local Government on Chieftaincy Matters…
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OYHA Confirms Appointments of Education Trust Fund, SUBEB Chairmen
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the appointment of former Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Mr AbdulRahman AbdulRaheem as the Chairman, Oyo State Education Trust Fund. This is just as the House also confirmed the nomination of Dr. Nureni Adeniran as the Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB…
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Follow Due Process in Handling Finances, OYHA Charges LG Authorities
By Mosope Kehinde Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Public Account has challenged local government authorities in the state to be more thorough and follow due process in the handling of state finances. Chairman, the Public Account Committee of the Assembly, Mr Rahman Olorunpoto gave the warning at the end of a one-week Legislative…
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Identify Residences Stored with IED, OYHA Appeals to Security Agencies
By Mosope Kehinde Oyo State House of Assembly has appealed to security agencies to embark on intelligence gathering to identify residences of illegal miners or expatriates who may be storing Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) in other areas in the State. The appeal followed a matter of urgent public importance raised on the floor by the…
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OYHA Moves to Enhance Cooperative Societies
By Mosope Kehinde The Oyo State House of Assembly, OYHA, has directed its Standing Committee on Commerce and Cooperatives to investigate the causes of dwindling fortunes and the ailing nature of cooperative societies across the state and come up with workable solutions to revive and reposition them for effective performances. The House issued the directive…
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OYHA Makes Case for Domestication of Women’s Peace Security Agenda
By Mosope Kehinde As part of the effort towards realizing a more peaceful and gender-equitable society, the Oyo State House of Assembly has urged the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Inclusion to collaborate with the United Nations Women and other technical partners for support on the adoption of the resolution of the United Nations,…
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Oyo Lawmakers on Post-Inauguration Retreat
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin has led the thirty-two 10th State House of Assembly members and the management staff to Akwa-Ibom for a two-day post-inauguration workshop and retreat. The two-day workshop which holds between November 12th and 15th has as its theme “Understanding Critical Processes, Practices and Procedures of…
