The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the nomination of the Chairman, Oyo State Housing Corporation, Adebayo Lawal, as deputy governor to replace Rauf Olaniyan, who has been removed from office.
The nomination was in a letter from the Executive to the lawmakers, which was presented on Monday’s plenary.
The approval followed the nomination by Governor Seyi Makinde, who sent the name to the lawmakers for consideration.
The House had gone on a short recess after removing Olaniyan from office as the Deputy Governor and reconvened at about 12:15 PM.
While reading the letter from the Executive, the Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin, said it was in response to an earlier letter dated July 18, sent by the lawmakers to the Governor, informing him of the removal of Olaniyan from office.
They recently announced Lawal as the running mate of Makinde at the 2023 general elections.
Defending the nomination, the Majority Leader of the House, Sanjo Adedoyin, said the nomination should be considered favourably, approved, and adopted because of his antecedents in contributing to the state’s progress.
Seconding the motion, Kazeem Olayanju, Irepo/Olorunsogo State Constituency, seconded the motion that the House should confirm Lawal as the new Deputy Governor of Oyo State.
In his remarks, Speaker Ogundoyin put the nomination to a voice vote which went the way of the “ayes,” saying, “with the vote, we have approved Lawal as the Deputy Governor of the state.”
The House later adjourned till Thursday, July 21, 2022.
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