- Safiu Kehinde
The bill to create Ibadan state from the existing Oyo State has scaled through the second reading at the House of Representatives.
Tajudeen Abass, the Speaker of the green chamber, had at the plenary session on Wednesday called for the reading of the bill for the second time having previously passed through the first reading on the 10th of October 2024.
As presented by the Speaker before the lawmakers, the bill sought the creation of a new Oyo State with Oyo town as the capital city while the remaining part of the existing state will be renamed Ibadan state with Ibadan city as its capital.
Abass invited Oyo lawmaker, Adeyemi Adeniyi, who alongside six others presented the bill, to read it before the House for the second time.
“I rise to stand in for the debate on the bill for an act to alter the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As amended) to create new Oyo State with Oyo town as the capital city; effect consequential change of the remaining part of Oyo State to Ibadan State with I Adan city as the capital and divide the local government areas comprising the two states. Mr. Speaker I so move.” Adeniyi read.
Other lawmakers voted for the bill’s passage through the second reading.
The passage of the bill is coming weeks after the newly coronated Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Abdulrasheed Ladoja, urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure the creation of the state before the 2027 election.
Oba Ladoja, a former Oyo State Governor and lawmaker, made the plea to the President who was in attendance at the coronation ceremony held in Mapo Hall, Ibadan.