Oyo State Government Appoints Park Management System Chairman

The Oyo State Government has announced the former Secretary of the Park Management System (PMS), Oluwatomiwa Omolewa, as the new Chairman, while Kasali Lawal, popularly known as Baba Bola, is to serve as the Secretary.

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The appointment is part of the reorganisation of the PMS, embarked upon by the state government.

The new management team announced by the government, on Sunday, comprises members from all the major factions of the transport unions in the state.

The government also reopened the parks that had been under lock and key, following the dissolution of the PMS Disciplinary Committee led by Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi.

All warring factions of the public transport sector in the state had, at a town hall meeting held on Friday, agreed to sheath their sword and work together with the state government for peace to reign in the state, and also came up with suggestions on how to improve the system.

One of the suggestions the stakeholders came up with was that the leadership of the PMS should have members from all the factions in the transport unions to ensure peace in the state, a suggestion which reflects in the constitution of the new team.

Apart from the chairman and secretary, other members of the management include Alhaji Tajudeen Jimoh (Deputy Chairman); Kamardeen Idowu (Treasurer); Tirimisiyu Olowoposi (Financial Secretary); Abass Amolese (Organising Secretary); and Hamidu Mustapha Were (Auditor).

Others are Abideen Ejiogbe (First Vice Chairman); Ganiyu Mojeed (First Trustee); Musa Alubankudi (Second Trustee), Rahman Akinsola Tokyo (Second Auditor); and Alhaji Wasiu Emiola (Public Relations Officer).

Speaking after the announcement, the new PMS Chairman, Tomiwa Omolewa, said he would work towards ensuring peace across the state.

He said, “I thank Governor Seyi Makinde for counting me worthy of this position. I use this opportunity to assure the people of Oyo State and the government that there will be a difference in our attitude to work.

“I promise that the people will notice a significant difference in our operations as we assume office,” Omolewa pledged.

The peace pact followed the sack of the former Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the PMS, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly called Auxiliary.

The sack was trailed by pockets of crisis across Ibadan and the situation led the police to invade Lamidi’s residence where cache of arms, ammunition amd other dangerous weapons were recovered.

Although Auxiliary escaped arrest, about 78 of his men were arrested and paraded by the police.

The police had thereafter declared him wanted, a move Auxiliary condemned after he spoke from his hiding on a radio programme on an Ibadan-based radio station, on Saturday.

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