Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday moved a motion for the probe of the claim on the allegation that politicians were putting pressure on the military to stage a coup in the country.
Aregebesola moved the motion on the floor of the Osun State House of Assembly while performing his first legislative function after being honoured with Honourary Life Membership of the legislature as part of the activities, marking his 60th birthday.
He said the House must pass a resolution commending the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, for his thorough professionalism and belief in the current democracy, saying the coup allegation should be probed with a view to bringing any erring officers to book.
Aregbesola said the nation is so diverse as a people that anything short of true federalism as its system of government is an invitation to chaos, just as he canvassed for a change in the mode of legislative representation based on only geographical space to more modern criteria like occupation and professional categories.
He said, “I have also made the strident call for a political system and practice that is best suited for our clime, which will bring inclusion and amount to real political empowerment for all the people. I have after our revered leaders, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Bola Ige, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and others, all convinced federalists, argued that for a plural society like ours, true federal practice is a minimum condition of statehood.”
The Speaker of the House, Hon. Najeem Folasayo, Salam attributed the unanimous decision of every member of the House to Aregbesola’s unprecedented contributions to the development of the state.
Salam, who described Aregbesola as a leader par excellence and an astute political leader, said the action was collectively taken as part of the legislative resolves to reward the governor for his good works not only to the people of Osun, but Nigeria as a whole.
The speaker who frowned at the insinuations making the round that the state House had been incapacitated and turned to a rubber stamp of the executive, said on no account does the House act outside the constitutional frameworks of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria since assumption of the current dispensation.
Najeem, however, lamented what he described as “malicious mischief” being sponsored by some disgruntled political gladiators, which was targeted to scuttle the existing mutual relationship between the executive and the legislature in the state.
The guest lecturer and majority leader, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila in his lecture titled “suitability of presidential system in a multi-ethic democracy”, canvassed for restructuring of the Nigeria federal system so as to aid proper development.
Gbajabiamila argued that for a nation to progress, the system of government must fit into structure of governance, saying if both are not in tandem, then such nation is running a system and structure that are misnomer.
The specila session, where Aregbesola was honoured with life membership of the House was attended by the Speakers Oyo and Ekiti States House of Assembly, Hon. Adesina Micheal Adeyemo and Hon. Kola Oluwawole, Chief Bisi Akande, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, among other dignitaries.
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