OSUN
APPPS CONGRATULATES OSUN ASSEMBLY ON INAUGURATION OF NEW SPEAKER, TIMOTHY
OWOEYE
The Association of
Progressive Political Parties (APPPS), Osun State Chapter on Thursday
congratulated Hon. Timothy Owoeye on his emergence as the fifth Speaker of Osun
State House of Assembly since the creation of Osun in 1991.
This was contained in a
congratulatory message issued and signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the
Association, Mr. Wole Adedoyin and Elder Adeloye Ogunmodede both of the Hope
Democratic Party (HDP) and the Action Alliance (AA).
The Osun State House of
Assembly had on Thursday declared Hon. Timothy Owoeye of the All Progressive
Congress (APC) from Ilesa East Constituency as the Speaker of the Osun State
House of Assembly. Also, Mr. Femi Popoola representing Boripe/Boluwaduro
Constituency, emerged the Deputy Speaker as both of them were sworn-in and
administered the Oath of Office by Clerk of the House, Mr. Simeon Amusan.
Osun APPPS however
called on the new speaker to accommodate everyone in the house and shun
politics of seclusion and retaliation.
The umbrella body of
the progressive political parties in Osun state advised the new Speaker not to
go against any lawmaker because of political or ideological differences.
According to the
Message, “Osun State citizens will not accept any excuse for any failure in lawmaking
for any reason. We also advise Hon. Timothy Owoeye to get competent hands
irrespective of party affiliation.”
The Speaker in his
inaugural speech titled “As the great work continues “,recounts his sojourn in
the assembly from 2007 till 2019, where he started as a Minority Leaders in
2007 and later became the Majority Leader from 2011 to 2019.
