The Osun State House of Assembly has said that it will commence the screening of 25 commissioner-nominees that has been forwarded to it for screening and confirmation by Governor Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday.
Speaking while announcing the names during the plenary session on Friday, the Speaker Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Adewale Egbedun, said he received a letter from the governor for the confirmation of the nominees in line with sections 192 (2) and 196(1) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (amended).
Egbedun said 25 names for the position of commissioners and another request for the appointment of 25 Special Advisers were received from the governor.
He said the 25 commissioner-nominees include Oladosu Babatunde, Bayo Ogunbamgbe, Sesan Oyedele, Kolapo Alimi, Soji Adeigbe, Moshood Olagunju, George Alabi and Sunday Oroniyi.
Others are Abiodun Ojo, Bashir Salami, Moruf Ayofe, Sola Ogungbile, Bunmi Jenyo, Ayo Awolowo, Wole Bada, Dipo Eluwole, Rasheed Aderibigbe, Moruf Adeleke, Adeyemo Ademola, Olabiyi Odunlade, Jola Akintola, Mayowa Adejorin, Adenike Adeleke, Tola Fasheru and Gani Ola-Oluwa.
He thereafter constituted a seven-member ad-hoc committee, to be headed by the Deputy Speaker, Akinyode Oyewusi, to screen the nominees on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, and said the committee should report back to the House after.
He said all the nominees must declare their assets before the Code of Conduct Bureau as required by the Nigerian Constitution.
Hon. Egbedun said the nominees are to provide 35 copies of their Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the Clerk of the House between Friday, 7 July and Tuesday, 11 July.
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