Screening is a legislative procedure, not a witch-hunt- Chairman Screening Committee, Hon Oyewusi tells Osun commissioner-nominees

By Richard Akintade, Osogbo

As the 8th Assembly of the Osun state legislative arm commenced the screening of the commissioner nominees, the Chairman of the 7-man ad hoc committee and Deputy speaker of the House, Hon. Akinyode Oyewusi, has emphasized the readiness of the committee on his watch to carry out a thorough screening of all the Commissioner nominees.

He, however, maintained that the exercise should not in anyway be seen as an attempt to witch hunt any of the nominees but a legislative procedure to choose the best hands to assist the governor in the running of Osun state for the next four years.

The deputy speaker made this known during an opening speech delivered at the commencement of the screening for the first batch of the nominees on Wednesday.

Hon Oyewusi, who declared that the House will carry out the exercise and in line with the laid down rules and regulations of the state house of Assembly affirmed that at the end of it all the people of the state will be happy because of the crop of competent hands that would be saddled with the affairs of running the government of Osun state with Senator Ademola Adeleke.

Hon Oyewusi cited Section (192) sub-section (2) of the Nigerian constitution, which gives the legislative arm of government the right to screen nominees for all political positions.

He further informed them that the nominees shall make another appearance before the whole assembly on Monday, next week, after the ad hoc committee submits its report to the General Assembly.

At the end of the exercise, which held behind closed door, the committee rated the performance of the first batch of the screened commissioner-nominees as good and vibrant set of people.

While speaking on the screening process, some of the screened nominees Messrs Ayanfe Maruf, Abiodun Ojo, and Olagunju Olalekan described the process as very thorough and rigorous just as they expressed optimism that it will bring forth a positive result.

Members of the 7-man committee of lawmakers of the Osun state House of Assembly that carried out the screening of the commissioner nominees are the Deputy speaker of the house, Hon. Akinyode Oyewusi, Hon. Kofoworola Adewumi, Hon. Micheal Ajibola, Hon. Hon Elisha Oderinwale, Hon.Sanmi Areoye, Hon. Olaide Ajibola with Hon. Sikiru Bajepade to complete the list.