Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Honourable Timothy Owoeye and some members of the house have engaged in an altercation over allowance given to the lawmakers during the festival season.
The state government apportioned some allowance for the lawmakers during the festival season which ran into millions of naira considering the number of lawmakers in the house. However, some aggrieved members disagreed over Owoeye’s sharing formula.
It was gathered that he budgeted N250,000 for each lawmaker. But they rejected the money claiming that the speaker got more than he was giving each lawmaker. They accused him of high-handedness and also questioned why they were not informed before he used part of the money which was supposed to be shared to buy food items for some members of the assembly.
Members also stated that it wasn’t the first time that the speaker would be taking decisions on their behalf. Certain decisions were taken in the past which members of the assembly were not comfortable with because they were not carried along.
The lawmakers met on Thursday to discuss the issue with a view of ensuring that the Speaker’s over-bearing influence is checked and stopped. They vowed to get to the root of the problem so as to avert future occurrence.
While responding to the aggrieved parties, the speaker through his spokesperson, Kunle Alabi made it known that whatever each lawmaker got for welfare is their legitimate earning. He also refuted the tale of misunderstanding and war among the members of the House of Assembly.
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