Osun Assembly Under Fire For Ignoring Petitions

A civil society group, The Osun Masterminds has called out the leadership of the State House of Assembly on Saturday to stop ignoring petitions demanding accountability from the parliament that had been allegedly ignored by the lawmakers.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Executive Director of the group, Prof Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli, condemned the refusal of the parliament to respond to the petitions written against it.

The group, while urging the State House of Assembly to be alive to its duties and know that it remains an integral part of its responsibilities to respond to letters and petitions written to it, expressed worries over the parliament’s refusal to respond to demands for accountability.

“We bemoan and condemn in very strong terms the irresponsibility of the Osun House of Assembly in the management of demands placed on them and response to petitions written to her. As a group, we have a record of petitions written to the House of Assembly by groups that form our coalition and those not even related to us at all.

“The House of Assembly should be a place of succour for the people they represent and one with the utmost standard of integrity, probity and accountability but when such ignores call for accountability and response to public outcry, it becomes worrisome.

“We charge the state house of Assembly to be alive to her duties and know that it is part of her responsibility to respond to letters and petitions written to her. No society thrives on impunity and lack of respect for the people with whom lies the ultimate power,” Oyedokun-Alli said.