Makinde Assents To Oyo State Rule Of Law Enforcement Authority Bill

Oyo State governor ‘Seyi Ma­kinde, has signed into law the Executive Bill on Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority, urging residents of the state to cooperate with the state govern­ment so they can have Oyo State of their dreams.

The Bill was presented to the House of Assembly to bridge the gap in the enforcement of extant laws on traffic management, environmental sanitation, and other issues, the governor ex­plained.

Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Spe­cial Adviser (Media) to Oyo State Governor, who disclosed this in a release, said Governor Makinde explained that law enforcement had faced serious challenges due to a lack of adequate cooperation between state and federal law en­forcement agencies.

Signing the Bill passed by the House of Assembly, at the Gov­ernor’s Office, Secretariat, Ago­di, Ibadan, on Friday, Governor Makinde announced the appoint­ment of Justice Aderonke Ader­emi (rtd.) as the new chairman of the enforcement agency.

He said, “I have just signed into law the Bill passed by the House for the establishment of the Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority.

“We went through quite a bit with the House. They wanted to know why we need a special authority to enforce the rule of law in the state. Well, we have been here for over four years and we have seen that we do have ad­equate laws to deal with the aspect of protecting the environment, traffic laws, and road transport management authority.

“We also signed the anti-open grazing law but some of these we have not been able to enforce, maybe because we have not had full cooperation from the law en­forcement agencies. But we have to keep striving for the kind of state that we are all comfortable with and we have been dreaming about.

“So, this is the basis for send­ing the Executive Bill to the State Assembly.

“I have had to deal with people driving against traffic, leading to maiming, even death. We have had several instances of deaths. We have had to deal with street trading. People have also turned the median of our road to dump­sites.”