Government Area of Osun State have
petitioned the Speaker of the House of
Assembly, Mr. Nojeem Salam, over the
omission of their area in the proposed 27
local government development councils.
The monarchs and other stakeholders in the
area appealed to the Speaker in a petition
written by the Unity Club of Ife North Local
Government to include their council among
the ones from where new councils would be
created.
The petition, which was made available to our
correspondent in Osogbo on Sunday, was
signed by the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, Oba
James Adegoke; the Salu of Edunabon, Oba
Elijah Oyelade; the Olumoro of Moro, Oba
E.A Oyeniyi; and the Olulamokun of Yakoyo,
Oba Johnson Oyesakin.
Other traditional rulers who are signatories to
the petition are the Alasipa of Asipa, Chief
Johnson Adenowale; Alakinla of Akinlalu, Chief
Gbadamosi Oyeniran; and the Bale of Oyere,
Chief John Abiola.
The President, Unity Club of Ife North LG and
the Secretary, Mr. C. A. Adeniyi and J.O.
Ogunjobi respectively also signed the petition.
Governor Rauf Aregebsola had presented a bill
proposing to create 27 new local government
development councils in addition to the 30
councils in existence in the state.
The governor also proposed that
parliamentary system of government would be
introduced into all the 57 councils as council
chairmen would be elected from among
councillors elected into the councils.
But rulers in Ife North LG expressed
disappointment that the council was neglected
despite the huge population of the council
and other indices which support the creation
of a new council from the existing one.
The concerned stakeholders in Ife North
stated that they had requested creation of
three new councils in addition to the existing
one in a letter written to the governor and the
speaker on November 26, 2012.
"But to our disappointment, Ife North was
totally omitted from the list of local
government councils that was sent to the
state House of Assembly for consideration
despite our being qualified for more local
government councils according to the 2006
Census which shows the area has highest
population in Osun State, the highest number
of primary and post primary schools, vast
land mass, and other viable means of running
a local government.
"We are therefore appealing to you to kindly
include our local government for
consideration and listing in the yet-to-be-
debated local government development
councils to be created in Osun State. We wish
to inform you that whoever does not support
this idea is an enemy of Ife North LG," the
petition reads in part.
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