OGUN COMMUNITY REJECTS GOVT TRANSFORMER
It seems the indigenes of Ijebu-Ife in Ijebu East, Local Government of Ogun State are not happy with the state government over alleged neglect in the last four years. The Indigenes rejected a brandnew transformer the government donated to the community last week. The transformer which was given to the community was sent after so many years of pleading. Members of the community came out en masse when the truck which conveyed the transformer got to its destination. According to them, they have not enjoyed the dividend of democracy from the Dapo Abiodun led administration since he assumed office in 2019, stressing that their community has been thrown into darkness for a period of four years without any succour coming from the state government. The indigenes had resigned to their fate until Ladi Adebutu, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state came to their rescue and donated a transformer to the town. The community questioned why their request was granted just a few weeks to election despite being in need of help for four years. They emphasized that since Adebutu had given them one transformer, the newly brought one by the state government was of no use to them again.
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.