Osogbo South LCDA Chairman Suspended By Osun Assembly Over Misconduct

The Chairman of the Osogbo South Local Government Development Area has been suspended by the Osun State House of Assembly for gross misconduct.

This development was contained in a statement of the Speaker, Timothy Owoeye, signed by his media aide, Kunle Alabi on Thursday.

It was gathered that the lawmakers came to the resolution at plenary after receiving the report and recommendations of the joint Committees on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and Judiciary, Legal Matters, Public petitions and Human Rights asked that the Chairman should handover to the Vice-Chairman for a period of two months.

Owoeye emphasised that the Joint Committees of the House having examined and investigated various allegations levelled against the chairman of Osogbo South via-a-vis his response, found him wanting of the allegations of gross misconduct.

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According to the Speaker, “The Chairman, having failed to comply with section 3, 4A (iv) and (v) of the “Guidelines for the Administration of Local Government Areas, Local Council Development Areas, Area Councils and Administrative offices in the State of Osun, 2018” should vacate his office for a period of two months beginning from Monday 13th January 2020 to 12th March 2020.

“The suspension doesn’t remove the chairman as a Parliamentarian, he is still representing his people as a councillor, the Vice-Chairman will be there in acting capacity, after the expiration of the suspension, the chairman will return to his position as the chairman”.

However, the leader of the parliamentarians, Akeem Badmus said the councillors saw the resolution on social media and it is of no consequence.

He said the councillors, would at its sitting on Thursday, decided the fate of the council boss.

We also saw the resolution on social media, but if we get the hardcopy, we will put it in view at our sitting on Thursday because the social media resolution can be denied. However, we will sit on Thursday and reach our resolution on the matter”, he said.