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Osun Assembly passes local govt amendment bill

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The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the “Osun State Local Government Amendment No 2 Bill 2026”, a bill aimed at amending certain sections of the state’s local government law.

The bill was passed on Monday after its third reading at the Assembly’s plenary session held in Osogbo, the state capital.

Presenting the committee’s report on the bill, Mr Lawal Bamidele, chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, highlighted the intended recommendations.

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The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Adewale Egbedun, subsequently called for the adoption of the report, which was moved by the Majority Leader, Mr Babajide Adewumi.

Following the adoption of the report, Adewumi moved the motion for the bill’s third reading, which was passed by the Assembly.

After the bill’s passage, Egbedun announced that clean copies would be forwarded to Governor Ademola Adeleke for his assent, paving the way for the amendment of the state’s local government law.

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