The governing board of the corps will be headed by a retired law enforcement agent who should be a man of proven integrity or equivalent in the Nigerian Army not below the rank of Major General.
This decision followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Security and Special Duties at the plenary.The Oyo State House of Assebly plans to table its own version of the bill before the public for their input before taking a final decision.
Presenting the report on the floor of the House yesterday, Akanle said certain sections of the bill were considerably amended to suit the peculiarities and uniqueness of the people of the state. In his remarks, the Speaker, Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, said the House had fulfilled its fundamental responsibility of making people-oriented laws that would guarantee adequuate protection of lives and property of the people of the state.
“Look at the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, people are still saying some aspects should be amended. So, those contentious areas will be perfected at implementation level”, he said.The Oyo State version of the bill passed through the first and second readings on Thursday.The bill christened Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Bill, 2020 is being sponsored by the House Majority leader, Mr Sanjo Adedoyin.
But the Chairman,House Committee on Information, Hon.Gbenga Omole,said he is in constant touch with Speaker David Oleyelogun on the submission of the draft bill on the security outfit.
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