The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin has announced the immediate dissolution of all House Standing Committees.
Ogundoyin announced the dissolution of all the 36 Standing Committees shortly before the adjournment of Thursday plenary, stressing that the newly constituted Standing Committees will be announced in due course.
The dissolution comes barely 48 hours after it was widely circulated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had frozen the bank accounts of the Oyo State House of Assembly and that of its Director of Finance over misappropriation fund.
The Speaker however did not give any reason for the dissolution.
He said “Standing Committees are one of the pillars of the Legislature and the House of Assembly. This is our second year in office. We are expected to re-evaluate our position, we are expected to be more efficient and effective in our duties as legislators in terms of oversight and lawmaking as well as other functions of the legislators. When new committees are constituted, it will allow members to have new experiences and ultimately widen their horizons.”
According to the Speaker, the dissolution is a normal practice in the parliament as it helps to sharpen the process and the procedures.
He assured that all ten outstanding bills yet to be done will be handled by Ad-hoc Committees.
“When we complete the ten outstanding bills, it will make it a total of seventy-three bills passed within the spate of just two years by the 9th Assembly. This would have surpassed the record of the previous Assembly. The 8th Assembly was only able to pass fifty-three bills in four years. You can imagine how many bills will be passed by us in four years. We are setting high standard and enviable precedence for incoming Assemblies.” Oyo Speaker said.
He appreciated all the members of the House of Assembly who served in the just dissolved committees, adding that the successes and achievements recorded by the Assembly in the last two years were made possible because of their hard work, dedication and all round commitment.
It would be recalled that the Oyo State House of Assembly had been in the eye of the storm since a former prosecutor with the Special Presidential Panel on Recovery of Public Property, Tosin Ojaomo petitioned EFCC over the N1bn vehicle contract awarded by the House, in which he alleged scam.