In line with intention of Governor Seyi Makinde have a structural adjustment of the State’s ministries, the Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday, has passed seven executive bills for the second reading.
According to the executive, the bills includes the establishment of the following ministries:
- Ministry of women affairs and social inclusion
- Ministry of special duties bill
- Ministry of investment, trade and industries
- Ministry of public works, infrastructure and transport
- Ministry of environment and natural resources bill
- Ministry of information and mass mobilization and
- Ministry of budget and planning bill
The executive added that the establishment is to put the State on the path of posterity and upgrade its governance to a global structural practice.
Speaking on the bills, the lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju State constituency, Hon. Bamidele Adeola noted that the new ministries bills is to restructure the existing ones and adjust how their components are married.
According to him, the Executive aim on the bills is to break out of the old norms, adding that if the ministries are properly handle it will bring lot of change to Oyo State.
He said, “There are no new ministries, we can only call it a kind of reshuffle because the aim is to marry the right and suitable components together to form a ministries.
“For instance, the former ministry of agriculture and natural resources is proposed to become ministry of agriculture and rural development which we believe will make it more effective.
“We just calling on the executive to ensure round pegs are placed in round holes, so that the strategy and efforts would not be seen as mere body exercise if there are no corresponding results.”
In his remark, the Speaker of the house, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin assured that the lawmakers are to dot the ‘Is’ and cross the ‘Ts’ on the executive bills in order to make them serve their purpose.
“We have started it and we promised our people thoroughly review bills, with clear definition of responsibilities for the proposed ministries before they will be passed to the executive for assent,” he said.
