Ife Crisis: The law Must Prevail, By Osun Speaker, Hon. Najeem Salaam

By Hon. Najeem Salaam

Ile Ife, the cradle of Yoruba civilization was in the news for wrong reason few days ago, and it saddens me that the state of Osun which has hitherto witnessed peace and harmony would be reported to be in the news for flashpoint. It is quite embarrassing, and the pathetic situation calls for our deliberation with a view to preventing such ugly scenario in the future.

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Let me commend Governor Rauf Aregbesola for his swift action which resulted to curfew and restoration of normalcy, and I hail the Great Ooni Ogunwusi for not only making his palace accessible to the Hausas, but also rose to the occasion while the fracas lasted. I must say that Kabiesi displayed the high sense of Yoruba value and tradition in handling the matter, to the extent that the Hausa people who fled to the palace were accommodated and secured.

I could understand that people, particularly of different tongues and traditions could differ on issues, and I must admit that the beauty of humanity is to treat our differences with respect and in the spirit of brotherliness, and that is who we are in Yoruba land, and that is what humanity demands from others who chose to cohabit with us. Besides, we belong to the same nation, and we are answerable to the same status-citizens of Nigeria. So, I could not find reason for a fight over issues that could be resolved by the law or traditional authority in the city.

It is a sad development, because people lost their lives in the fight, and any fracas that results to loss of lives should be seen as condemnable, for sanctity of life is an inalienable right of all manner of people, whether they speak our language or not. So, for desecrating the right to life, the hoodlums who unleashed terror in Ile Ife has challenged the essence of our constitution, and called to question the existential value of institutions of government, and that must be the basis for our action from this parliament.

I am of opinion that this parliament must constitute a fact finding committee that would investigate the crisis and report with recommendations to this assembly, for the following reasons:

1.    To determine whether it was interethnic clash between Yoruba and Hausa communities living in Sabo, Ile Ife;

2.    To determine whether some hoodlums seized the misunderstanding of some individuals to drag the entire city into chaos;

3.    To determine how swift the response of our security agencies before, during and after the mayhem;

4.    To determine whether the normalcy we have in that area now is real, or tentative; and

5.    To determine causes and effect of the interethnic relationship in the city of Ile Ife.

This parliament has assumed the role of mediator in so many crises, between the organs or branches of government; we have mediated between government and labour in the recent past, and we have settled issues for many groups like farmers and loggers. In that wise, we are in better position to do this one too, and we must not shirk our responsibility on it.

We could not tolerate lawlessness as lawgivers, and we will not subscribe to unruly behaviour of some unscrupulous people who trade in causing disharmony and chaos, and our response this time would send a signal to people with evil intention that we are state with rule of law.

Hon. Najeem Salaam is the Osun State House of Assembly Speaker

Good Legislation, Tool For Economic Development - Osun Speaker

Written By Goke Butikakuro

Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem  Salaam has said that with good legislation and proper oversight functions, lawmaking stands to be a veritable tools for economic development.

Delivering a paper at the special lecture organized by Equity and Justice Chamber of the law faculty, Osun State University, Speaker Salaam represented by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Goke Butika, asserted that any state that witnesses development is as a result of progressive parliament of the state; noting that where lawmakers are cutting with actors of other branches and arms of government, the development through budgetary provisions and execution of physical structure would be the casualties.

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Lauding the lawmakers in Osun, Speaker Salaam said the parliament under his watch in the last six years has placed premium on the development of the state, making it repealing some laws that constituted barriers and replacing them with laws that guarantee accountability and ease of doing business in the state.

He disclosed, "I recall when I took the mantle of leadership of the House in this state, I was under pressure to outdo my predecessors in terms of laws to be passed, but I took to a caveat that only laws that would engender development must pass; with God on our side, my colleagues were brought into the loop, they saw reason with me and we jointly made up our mind that we would use the legislative instrument with difference. Lo and behold, our effort has brought unprecedented development to the state in terms of infrastructure- on roads, bridges, school buildings and so on".

Speaking on how the people should hold their lawmakers responsible for their actions and inaction, Speaker Salaam stressed that people should put pressure on their representatives to stand before them at town-hall meetings with a view to explaining his effort to better their lots, instead of waiting until such a representative comes around to distribute gift items, which is not part of his core functions.

He further urged the people not to sleep on their rights to know how they are being governed, reiterating that the retrogressive culture of waiting for the politicians to bring money or any form of inducement before they vote for him or her would reduce the significance of their franchise to common denominator.

Speaker then urged student bodies and youth groups against honoring the money bags with reactionary tendencies, saying the way and manner people of questionable characters and non-performing politicians were being celebrated with frivolous awards would further emboldened them to further deprived the society services expected of them to rendered.

I urge you to participate in how your affair is being conducted by the politicians through community organizing and Voter's education. Be part of the people who would knock the door to educate people on how to interrogate issues with politicians instead of demanding money. Also, retrace  your step from dishing frivolous awards to politicians who have no merit to be honoured, and learn how to apply your studies to economic independence.

Signed:

Goke Butika

Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker

State of Osun House of Assembly.

2017: Osun Speaker Pushes Peace, Development

Speaker, State of Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam has felicitated with the people of the state as Year 2017 takes off, saying that the peace and tranquility that prevailed in the state in the previous years were marvelous and desirable, urging for the continuity of the two factors which have enhanced the touch of development in the state.

Speaker Salaam in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Goke Butika described the people of the state as fine species among the tribes of people on earth, asserting that their patience and political sophistication have made the delivery of democracy dividends from Gov. Rauf Aregbesola administration possible.

He acknowledged that 2016 was very challenging because of economic recession and nosediving purchasing power which made people to endure certain degree of lack, nevertheless the year ended on promising future which made the government to defrayed outstanding salaries of the workers, while hope rose on modulated salaries and work-in-progress developmental projects in different sites across the state.

Speaker Salaam then rolled out that the New Year resolutions from the parliament in 2017 would be hinged on continuous oversight functions, constitution of democratic governance at the Local Government councils, reformulations of legislative instrument for education and health sectors among others.

Speaker Salaam further called for more unalloyed support to the state parliament and the government in general, saying that people should have a common purpose which touches on development of the state irrespective of their political leaning, saying, “ that Osun must be seen our collective patrimony; wishing people Happy New Year”.

Signed:

Goke Butika

Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker

State of Osun House of Assembly