Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada
The Oyo state House of Assembly has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to create more constituencies in line with the provision of the 1999 Nigerian constitution as amended.
The Honourable House made this call on tuesday 30th july while observing its plenary deliberating on a motion calling for the upward review of state constituencies in Oyo state jointly sponsored by seven lawmakers.
According to the House,with the increase in the population figure of Oyo state since 1991, there is the urgent need for INEC to create more constituencies in the state.
It was also resolved that the executive arm of Govt should forward a memo to INEC on the need for more constituencies so that some local Govt joined as one constituency can be separated,
The lawmakers equally urged Oyo state representatives at both chambers of the National Assembly to also champion the call for the upward review of state constituencies as the present constituency delineation in the state is unjustifiable
The Speaker, Hon Ogundoyin also announced the composition of Oyo state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) while reading a message from the executive, Hon Ogundoyin announced Dr Nureni Adeniran as the Chairman of the board, Mr Akeem Oladeji and Mr Dayo Ogungbenro as full time members of the board and directed the appointees to submit their credentials to the House as soon as possible.
