Politics
No rift between Oyetola, Basiru, Badmus – Osun APC
…says they are fabricated lies
The Osun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has dismissed reports of an alleged rift between Former Governor Gboyega Oyetola, the APC National Secretary, Senator(Dr) Ajibola Basiru and Engr Olalekan Badmus.
The party described the reports as rumours fabricated by two faceless groups, ‘Atunto’ and ‘Otoge’, alleging a crisis within the party over its 2026 governorship candidature.
The State Chairman of the APC, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement issued by the party’s State Director of Media and Information, Chief Kola Olabisi, today described the offensive stories as the handiwork of the ruling party which has become jittery in recent time due to the rising profile of the APC in the state.
Lawal explained that his party wouldn’t have dignified the embattled PDP handlers and its robotic governor with a response but it became necessary to state clearly that the two stories concerned are mere propaganda stratagem employed by the pungently bordered PDP leadership since the last visit of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, to the state and the monumental success recorded by the party during the just-concluded sensitization tours of all the 30 local government council areas and the Area Office.
Those behind the hatchet job have failed woefully in their mission to cause disaffection and rancour within the Osun APC as apart from the fact that no elections in sight in the state, Alhaji Oyetola, Senator(Dr) Ajibola Basiru and Engr Olalekan Badmus are members of the same political family who have been operating on the same page politically.
He stated that the fabricated stories which are mere products of beer parlour patronage meant to unsettle and distract the APC members and its supporters have fallen flat as it lacks credibility, truthfulness and without base.
Lawal explained that the only way that the gullible writers and publishers of the flimflam could fraudulently impress their paymasters that they are working is to take to composition writings against the opposition suspectedly at the beer parlour of the PDP chairman at an obscured location in Ilesa which has become counterproductive to their sinister motive.
In Lawal’s words: “I continue to wonder why the factional state PDP chairman, Mr Sunday Bisi and his rev-and-start Governor Ademola Adeleke and his co-travellers are always jittery at the sight and image of former Governor Oyetola, now Minister of Marine and Blue Economy.
“The reason for the jittery state of the PDP stakeholders at the sight of Oyetola is not far-fetched which can be likened to how an armed robber feels when he sees his victim after operation.
“The Osun PDP and their rudderless and incompetent governor should perish the thought of the existence of any acrimony among Alhaji Oyetola and the two esteemed chieftains of our party of Osogbo extraction whose names were dropped in their manufactured stories.
“The members, leaders and supporters of our party should not panic over any devious and distractive antics that the PDP and Adeleke may be putting on our path as such would not be capable of preventing us from emerging victorious in the 2026 governorship election”, Lawal stated.
Speaker of Kwara House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, on Thursday said nine bills and 20 motions were passed by the Assembly in the last one year of its 10th legislature.
The Speaker, during the first anniversary of the 10th legislature under his leadership, said eight other bills were also undergoing legislative processes.
“They are at various stages of scaling passage in the House,” he said.
The 10th legislature of the state House was inaugurated early June 2023 after a proclamation.
The bills passed in the last one year include the Kwara State Education Trust Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Revised Appropriation (2023) Bill, 2023.
Others are the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2023; Kwara State Local Government Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2023; and Kwara State Rural Access Roads Agency Bill, 2023.
The remaining bills passed include the Kwara State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (Amendment); and State Roads Fund and Administration Bill, 2023.
The rest are the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (Establishment) Bill, 2024 and Kwara State University of Education (Establishment) Bill, 2024.
The Speaker however said the House has been enjoying a harmonious working relationship with the other arms of government in the past one year.
He added that Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq deserves appreciation for the prompt attention accorded the resolutions of the House when transmitted to him.
Danladi-Salihu noted that the governor has allowed the independence of the three arms of government to be firmly rooted in the state.
“The cordial relationship that exists among the arms of government is paying off in the state, and we the lawmakers envisage the same hand of fellowship from Gov. AbdulRazaq in subsequent legislative years,” the Speaker said.
He stated that the House also introduced new ideas into the conduct of legislative business without sacrificing the norms for innovation.
“For the record, in the first session, the 10th Assembly has as of date at the committee of the whole house considered a total number of nine landmark reports which emanated from different standing and ad-hoc committees of the House.
“These reports which generated robust debates on the floor, and on which resolutions were made in line with transparency, equity and accountability, have significantly assisted in reshaping governance in the state,” Danladi-Salihu noted.
The Senate has passed 25 out of the 447 bills introduced on its floor since the inauguration of the 10th Senate in 2023.
Senate Leader, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, also said that the upper chamber adopted 115 resolutions .
He said the 25 bills fully passed into law, comparatively, accounted for 5.24 per cent of the entire bills introduced within the timeframe.
According to him, aside from the 25 fully enacted pieces of legislation, no fewer than 275 bills (57.65 per cent) were read for the first time within the timeframe.
“About 135 (28.32 per cent) awaiting first reading; 45 (9.43 per cent) awaiting the second reading; 43 (9.02 per cent) currently at the committee stage and three bills (0.63 per cent) were refused on different grounds.
He added that while only 13 (2.73 per cent) of the total bills originated from the executive arm, 464 (97.27 per cent) were private member bills.
“Apart from the bills, the Senate arrived at 115 resolutions, which are far-reaching in consequence; profound in their significance to our economic development and strategic to the cohesion, growth and stability of our nation.
“Each of these resolutions arose from motions of national importance, which different distinguished senators sponsored after due diligence was conducted.” he said.
According to him, the Senate also received and treated petitions from members of the public on diverse matters of grave concern within the timeframe.
“In spite of time constraint, 50 of the public petitions were successfully and satisfactorily resolved.
“The Senate equally screened and confirmed 215 nominees for different political offices at the request of President Bola Tinubu and in accordance with Section 147 (2-6) of the 1999 Constitution and other Acts of the National Assembly.
“Among others, the confirmations include key appointments into the Federal Executive Council, Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the leadership of the Nigeria Armed Forces, Nigeria Police Force.
“Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigeria Customs Service, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission,” he said .
He explained that the confirmations were key to national development and speeded up the process of forming or constituting the national government at a very critical time when the economy was struggling to stay afloat.
“National security under threat and internal cohesion was seriously gasping for fresh breath.
“Already, the first year has passed by and we have decisively addressed issues of strategic national interest with utmost priority,” he said.
The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) has named the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, the title of the most pensioner-friendly Governor of the year.
Presenting the award to the Governor, the National chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Mazi Godwin Ikechuku Abumisi, expressed that it was incumbent upon the union to acknowledge the Governor due to his steadfast dedication to the welfare of pensioners in the state.
“Your Excellency, you shine brightly as a beacon of support to our members. Over the past year, you have authorised and disbursed eleven billion naira to clear the backlog of pension gratuity payments.
“This milestone is unparalleled; no other governor has accomplished such a feat within a single year since the restoration of democracy in Nigeria.”
In their messages of goodwill earlier, the state chairmen of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) in Kano expressed gratitude to the Governor for his unwavering commitment to addressing the pension liabilities amounting to N43 billion left by the previous administration.
Responding to the honour, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf reiterated his unwavering dedication to supporting pensioners by the settlement of their gratuities and the timely disbursement of monthly pension allowances.
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