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Four months after
Rauf Aregbesola was sworn in as the governor of Osun State, the
government claims that it has not appointed commissioners because it is
trying to resolve the political crises in the state. According to the
spokesperson to the governor, Semiu Okanlawon, The administration of Mr
Aregbesola has in the hundred days of being in office achieved more than
so many states with commissioners and endless list of political aides.
He added that, “you will also recall the kind of challenges we met on
ground. The kind of the composition of the House of Assembly, the House
of Assembly that even the ordinary list of the local government
caretaker committees suffer a kind of hardship that it suffers in their
hands, because of the composition.

“You will agree
with me that bringing in the list of the commissioners could even bring
in a bigger headache. So, rather than giving much energy into how to
force the list of the commissioners, which you know that some of the
people in the House are going to stand against, then why not concentrate
on other things which are going to benefit the people of the state and
wait and look for better opportunities when appointing commissioners?”
Mr Okanlawon said.

Commissioners’ list to be presented soon

When asked about the
relationship between the Osun State legislators and the executive, the
speaker, Bello Adejare told NEXT he was at a meeting and would be
commenting on the issues when called in a later date.

But speaking on the issue, Sunday Akere, who is the spokesperson of
the Action Congress of Nigerian (ACN), said Mr Aregbesola is not afraid
of presenting the list to the House of Assembly, claiming that the list
will be presented in a matter of days time. “Why would he be afraid of
presenting the list? Ogbeni Aregbesola and those working with him has
been wonderful and doing fine even without commissioners. Though when we
came in the issues in the house was huge, but we all know that we now
have equal representation in the House, so why are we going to start
waiting for the election before we present the list? Don’t worry, it is a
matter of days,” he said Mr. Okanlawon however also argued that “the
question here is that even without commissioners, this government has
achieved greater feat even than some governors that have commissioners.”