OGHA PASSES RESOLUTION ON TRANSPORT UNION TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL CHARACTER

OGHA PASSES RESOLUTION  ON TRANSPORT  UNION TO COMPLY WITH  FEDERAL CHARACTER 

Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a resolution, recommending the immediate review of the State Executive and Board of Trustees of all Transport Unions and Association, to reflect the principle of Federal Character Commission towards ensuring fair and geographical spread of all positions in the re-composition of the unions.

The passage of the resolution titled; "H.R. No. 086/OG/2020- Final Report of the ad-hoc committee on Illegal Revenue Collection and Fake ticketing in the State", was consequent upon the presentation of the report of the tripartite ad-hoc Committee on illegal revenue collection and fake ticketing by the Chairman and Deputy Speaker, Hon. Dare Kadiri, at a plenary, held at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Kadiri, thereafter moved the motion for the passage of the resolution, seconded by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sherif and supported by other lawmakers, while also seeking for the suspension of alleged illegal collection of revenue by some Local Government Councils through illegal agents, he called for the composition of a taskforce, comprising of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of Government, as well as security agencies to monitor all revenue points.

The resolution further requested for the centralization of the printing of tickets, as agreed by stakeholders at their previous meetings, to be handled by the State Printing Corporation, while directing the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment to recognize fair distribution of revenue collection across the Three Senatorial Districts, to avoid monopoly in revenue collection. 

          In another development, the Assembly towards finding a lasting-solution to the six week strike by doctors, has invited members, under the auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) Chapter, for a dialogue on Monday, August 31, 2020, at 2pm.

Oluomo made the call, while responding to the petition by NMA members, submitted by a member, representing Yewa North I State Constituency and the Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon. Adegoke Adeyanju before the Assembly, saying the legislators were irrevocably committed to ensuring industrial harmony for a peaceful working environment in the State Tertiary Health Sector.

The Speaker added that the meeting would have in attendance the State Head of Service, Commissioner for Health, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health and representative of the striking union, at the instance of the principal officers of the Assembly, with a view to resolving issues leading to the strike, owing to the critical importance of the sector to the State.