The House of Assembly in Osun is set to battle newly sworn in Governor, Ademola Adeleke over his decision to stop the use of the state anthem and the crest.
Adeleke had on Sunday during his inauguration said the state would revert to the “Osun State” instead of “State of Osun” which came into force during the administration of former Governor, Rauf Aregbesola. He also reverted the state’s sobriquet from “State of the Virtuous” to “State of the Living Spring.”
The Aregbesola’s administration had created a new anthem which resonated through the state and beyond and got commendations as part of the efforts to rebrand the state as Omoluabi state.
However, 24 hours after Adeleke made his pronouncement on Sunday, the House, which is headed by Hon. Timothy Owoeye, countered the Governor by reminding him that the Anthem and the crest were creations of a law which could not be dismissed with a wave of hands.
NPO Reports gathered that the House was in the process of issuing a Communique as at the time of filing this report.
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An official of the House who did not want to be quoted on the matter yet confirmed that the House will not accept the removal of the anthem by fiat.
The House of Assembly is dominated by members of the All Progressive Congress.
In a press release signed byMoshood Kunle Akande,Chairman, House Committee Media and publicity said the House hadreviewed the inaugural speech of the governor and cautioned him that the “usage of state anthem, crest and flag is an enactment of the law and as such, its usage is a matter of the law and not chose.
In its resolution, Akande listed the Assembly to have resolved thus:
* The enactment “ State of Osun anthem, crest and flag law 2012” assented to on the 18th of December 2012 contained in the schedule I, II, III, IV and V which carefully details every component of this law is not ambiguity.
* Schedule I is the State Anthem, Schedule II has to do with the State Crest, Schedule III is the symbolic significance of the element in the crest, Schedule IV is the flag and Schedule V is the symbolic significance of the element in Flag.
* Lastly, while we are aware of a court judgment in the effect of recognizing “Osun State “ the assembly, pending the determination and exhaustion of all legal means would not be drawn into this matter .
* However the state shall and will continue to be described as the state of virtuous (Ipinle Omoluabi)