Breaking: Osun Assembly passes Amotekun Bill

By Bright Olorungbotemi

The Osun House of Assembly has passed the Osun security network agency and amotekun corps bill 2020 into law after it was read for the third time in today's plenary session, VAM News reports.

The bill is to assist in maintaining law and order in the state.

The Amotekun bill was presented to the Osun Assembly on Feb. 27 where it passed the first reading.

Subsequently, a public hearing was held by the Osun Assembly on Feb. 24 to inject stakeholders contributions and suggestions into the bill.

The Osun Assembly, during its plenary on Monday, read and passed the bill for second reading and the House dissolved into a Committee of the Whole where grey areas in the bill were treated and a final draft of the bill adopted.

The Speaker, invoking order 87 rule 1 and 2 of the House, on Tuesday recommitted the bill back to the Committee of the Whole where the lawmakers further deliberated, amended and injected new suggestions into it.

The new amendments made to the bill were later adopted and it was read for the third time and unanimously passed by the lawmakers.

Mr Speaker, Owoeye thanked his colleagues, southwestern governors forum and speakers forum for giving the security network a necessity at this period.