Osun Assembly Begins Transition From APC To PDP Govt

Ahead of the November hand-over of power by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in Osun State, the state House of Assembly on Monday commenced the process with the Osun State Transition Bill 2022.

The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye during plenary presented a private member bill drafted by him tagged, ‘State of Osun Transition Bill 2022’ signaling the commencement of hand-over of power from the All Progressive Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).

The Bill which passed through its second reading is aimed at a seamless transition from one government to the other come November 27, 2022 when the state will have the Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke at the helm of affairs of the state.

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Owoeye explained that the novel bill when passed into law will allow for a comprehensive and practical arrangement to regulate in accordance with the law, the transfer of political power following an election to the office of the Governor.
The bill quoted in part, “The bill when passed into law will ensure the provision of daily state of the state briefing for the person elected as governor during the period before the assumption of the office by the person elected as Governor.
“It will also ensure that salaries, allowances, facilities, privileges and the retiring benefits or awards as determined by the Public Service Rules which are due to the holders of respective political offices are paid or accorded to those persons without undue delay and to undertake any other function which will enable the team to achieve the object of this bill.
“For the purposes of this Bill, the Team shall first meet not later than 14 days after the declaration of the result of the gubernatorial election.’’
On the issue of the handing over notes, “The office of the Governor shall prepare a set of comprehensive handing over notes covering the Team of the office of the Governor “.