Osun Assembly swears-in new member

Osun State House of Assembly on Tuesday sworn-in Honourable Adedipo Eluwole representing Ife Central Constituency as a new member of the house.

Rt. Honourable Najeem Salam, Speaker Osun State House of Assembly

Eluwole, a member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) was elected during the bye-election held on April 14 following the death of the former Minority Leader, Honourable Oladejo Makinde who died on December 2015.

A statemeny by the Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye said, the speaker, Honourable Najeem Salaam perfomed the swearing-in ceremony on the new member at about 2:50pm during the assembly’s plenary.

Speaking after the swearing-in ceremony, Salaam, according to the statement urged the new lawmaker to work for the progress of the assembly and the state at large.

According to him, irrespective of political affiliation members of the assembly might belong to, the unity of the assembly was paramount.

He urged the new lawmaker to promote ideas that would unite the Assembly and assit in guaranteeing transparency and accountability in the state.

“We are elected to solve problems that might arise from our various constituencies and the state in general, which means, we are leader of men.

“Although, we are from different terrain but the assembly is one and we are here to play our legislative role to make lives meaningful to our people.

“The purpose of the assembly is one, irrespective of our political party we belong to and I want you to see this as a challenge to serve”, the statement quoted the speaker.

Congratulating the lawmaker on his inauguration, Salaam charged him to give his constructive opinion to issues affecting the state rather than emotional conjecture.

He however, said the assembly deeply missed the late minority leader, describing him as a good man.

In his remarks, Eluwole, the statement noted, said, he would contribute meaningfully to the issues that would make the assembly better.

He added that he would not disappoint the people of his constituency who repose their confidence in him.