Alleged govt land lease fraud: Ogun Assembly summons monarch
THE Ogun State House of Assembly, yesterday, invited the Olu of Itori, in the Ewekoro local government area of the state, Oba Abdulfatai Akamo, over his alleged involvement in the lease of land belonging to Ewekoro council area.
Ogun assembly to screen LG caretaker committees Tuesday
By James Ogunnaike The Ogun State House of Assembly will on Tuesday screen the 20 local government caretaker committees appointed by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The Assembly members who were on recess for the end of the year have been recalled by the Speaker, Hon. Kunle Oluomo in order to attend to urgent state assignments. The […]
Ogun Assembly passes Sports Commission, Trust Fund Bills
By James Ogunnaike,Abeokuta Poised to ensure a total turnaround of the sports sector in Ogun State, for the benefit of the teeming youth, the State House of Assembly has passed the new State Sports Commission law 2019 and State Sports Trust Fund Law, 2019 to further boost youth development. The bills titled “HB No 025/OG/2019- […]
Ogun Assembly passes 2020 Appropriation Bill, increases Capital Votes with #2 billion
By James Ogunnaike Barely twenty-four days after the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun presented the 2020 budget proposal of N449.97bn to the State House of Assembly, the Assembly on Friday passed the Appropriation Bill into law. The lawmakers adjusted the capital expenditure with N2.1bn. Therefore, the realignment moved the capital estimate from N269,132,349,884.46 to […]
Border killing: Ogun assembly urges customs to maintain standard rule of engagements
James Ogunnaike Ogun State House of Assembly on Thursday called on the top echelon of the Nigeria Customs Service to caution its officers and men to follow the standard rule of engagements by ensuring well-guided operations in enforcing the directive of federal government in border areas with a view to protecting the sanctity of human […]
Ogun Assembly demands performance report from LG chairmen
THE Ogun State House of Assembly, yesterday, held an interactive session with the chairmen of the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas suspended by the 8th legislature in the state with a directive to them to submit detailed report on their tenure between October 2016 to May, 2019 to the Assembly on or before August 16, 2019.
Ogun assembly passes 3 bills on name change for TASCE, others
The Ogun Assembly on Tuesday, passed three bills seeking to alter the nomenclature of some state-owned higher institutions.
Ogun Assembly grills finance commissioner over N17.3bn bailout fund
THE Ogun State House of Assembly, yesterday, grilled the state Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Wale Oshinowo over the alleged disappearance of the last tranche of the Federal Government bailout funds of N17.3 billion released to the state
Ogun Assembly Speaker shuns pro-restructuring group
MEMBERS of a Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group campaigning for the restructuring of Nigeria, Yoruba KO’YA Movement, yesterday, accused Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Mr. Suraj Adekunbi of shunning the group the when it visited the state assembly complex to submit a protest letter.
Ogun Assembly is no rubber stamp for Amosun – Speaker
Hon Suraj Adekunbi has been the Speaker of Ogun House of Assembly spanning the 7th and current 8th Assemblies. Since 2011 when he became Speaker the Assembly seemed to have run on auto-pilot. He got re-elected after the 2015 election, returning as the Speaker of the Assembly to continue to paddle the canoe of the legislative arm.
Ogun Assembly passes N200.2bn 2016 appropriation bill
Ogun State House of Assembly , yesterday, passed the 2016 Appropriation bill of N200,200, 453, 352.00 reflecting a marginal reduction of about N74 million from the total of N200,274,453,352 presented to the lawmakers by Governor Ibikunle Amosun a month ago.
