We ‘ll consider boundary adjustment, says Bankole

 By Luka Binniyat

ABUJA—As part of the on-going constitutional amendment, the House of Representatives will consider boundary adjustment during the state creation to be embarked on by the National Assembly.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, disclosed this during the presentation of a petition on boundary adjustment in respect of 33 Orile- Oko Egba villages wrongly classified as Remo North Local Government of Ogun State.

Bankole promised that the petition would be looked into, adding that the House would ensure that equity, fair play and justice was done to all parties in boundary adjustment, based on cultural affinity, among other factors.

Presenting the petition, Oba Adedapo Tejuosho, the Osile of Oke-Ona, Egba, stated that the people of the 33 villages wrongly classified as Remo North in the Remo Division belong to Egba Division and wish to be with their kith and kin in Egbaland, adding that “we are all Egba people and not Ijebus.”