Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam has tasked the opposition political parties to activate logical argument that could put the ruling party on its toe, expressing that the critics of concessionary loan called bailout were way off the track, for all the stakeholders comprising banks, labour leaders, and government officials have no infraction in the books.
In a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Goke Butika, Speaker Salaam said it was unfortunate that some skeptists who alleged that the concessionary loan designed by the Federal government to offset salaries of the state workers was either fixed or misapplied could not forward their petitions to the parliament, to substantiate their claims, but traded on speculations.
Speaker Salaam then charged the opposition to engage the governing party constructively and advance their arguments on any issue with plausible logical analysis or empirical evidences, noting that was the only way to institute a responsible opposition in democracy.
He challenged those who perceive the state parliament as an appendage of the executive to explain why the governor who is ever ready to defend his action before the lawmaking body should be fought, asserting that the Assembly had began the probe of the bailout as far back as October 12,2015.
He said: "it sounds funny to see some critics jubilating at the oversight function of the Senate over the bailout issue, because they chose to ignore the side of the law which empowers the state legislature to institute such a probe, which we have done according to the dictate of law".
Speaker Salaam stressed that the state parliament was interested in the development of the state, and would not be pushed to legislative recklessness to prove to the world that it was not a "rubber stamp" parliament.
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Goke Butika
CPS to the Speaker