Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the appointment of 12 Special Advisers as requested by Governor Seyi Makinde.
The approval is the first requests sent to the lawmakers at the first plenary since the inauguration on June 10.
The lawmakers while reacting to a request sent to the House during Tuesday plenary, presided over by the Speaker Debo Ogundoyin reasoned that approving the appointment of the twelve Special Advisers will go a long way in helping the governor in his effort at moving the state forward.
This is as the lawmakers also mandate set up an adhoc committee to look into the recurring issue of gang violence in Popoyemoja, Isale Osi, Born Photo, Foko, Isale Asaka and Odenla, all within the Ibadan Southwest area of the state.
Deliberating on a letter sent to the House by Governor Makinde seeking approval for the 12 political appointees, the lawmaker representing Iseyin state constituency, Mr Adeola Bamidele while moving the motion that the request be speedily granted stated that the new appointees will help the governor in performing his responsibilities to the state.
Speaking under matter of urgent public importance, entitled “Urgent need to find lasting solution to the perennial problems of gang violence in some neighbourhood around Ibadan Southwest 1”, Mr Yussuf Adebisi (Ibadan Southwest 1) called the attention of the house to the recurring gang violence in the axis which had often led to wanton killing and destruction of property despite the motions passed by the Eight Assembly on the issue.
