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(Update) Osun Assembly Confirms 38 out 39 Commissioner, Special Adviser Nominees

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By Abdulrofiu Agboola

The Osun State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Rt Hon Najeem Salaam on Monday confirmed 38 out  39 nominees presented by Governor Rauf Aregbesola for the position of Commissioner and Special advisers

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According to the Chairman, committee on Information and Strategy, Hon Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, in a telephone interview said, all the commissioner and Special Adviser nominees have been confirmed except one  Mr Adeola Tejumola

Tejumola according Oyintiloye was not confirmed due nonappearance before the house.
The House has last week Monday to Thursday screened the 38 out 39 commissioner and special adviser nominees presented by the state governor
According to Oyintiloye, the motion for the confirmation of the nominees was moved by the majority leader, Hon Timothy Owoeye and seconded by the minority leader, Hon  Akinwale Akinwole.
In his remarks, the speaker of the assembly, Rt. Hon Najeem Salaam, said coast had been cleared for the governor to proceed with the swearing-in of the nominees, having found them worthy of confirmation.
Salaam, however, urged the nominees to operate open door policy and shun any form of corruption.
He said the nominees should bring in new ideas to governance that would rekindle the hope of the people in the state.
Salaam who noted that the monthly allocation from the Federal Government could no longer sustain the state, urged the nominees to assist government in improving its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR)
It will be recalled that Gov. Aregbesola, in a letter dated April 11, forwarded 39 names of nominees for the position of Commissioner and Special Advisers to the State House of Assembly for consideration and confirmation.
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