Suspension of monarchs: Group berates Adeleke over delay in implementing committee’s reports

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been berated over his administration’s delay of its review committee report on some monarchs suspended in Osun State in 2022.

A pressure group, Centre for Responsive Governance (CRG) made this observation in a statement obtained by Newspot on Sunday in Osogbo.

According to the CRG Coordinator, Ayo Ologun, the governor’s Executive Order has further exposed his administration as one with emotions and not acting based on informed opinion.

“Were it that the Executive Order was given on informed opinion and legality, it won’t have taken the governor almost a year to permanently resolve the issues in the interest of the towns concerned.

Adeleke had, during his inauguration on November 27, 2022, issued an Executive Order suspending over 20 monarchs, including the Aree of Iree, Owa of Igbajo, Akirun of Ikirun and Olupo of Oluponna.

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Adeleke also set up a review committee on the process of their appointments, which would come out with a White Paper.

The review committee later submitted its report in March, 2023, after which the state government never acted on the report.

On several occasions, the governor had maintained that he was going to make public the recommendations of the review committee during his Ipade Imole public feedback programme in October.

However, the governor, at an interactive session with the public on Thursday, said the committee’s report is ready and will soon be gazetted and made public.

Ologun contended that the delay was denying justice to the affected monarchs.

He also said the delay was not in any way in the interest of the people of the towns and communities.

“At the first Ipade Imole held, the governor was not able to give a specific timeframe for the issue to be resolved despite confirming that the white paper was ready.

“What then is the delay about? Justice delayed can be justice denied and the delay in not in anyway in the interest of the people of the towns and cities. The governor is simply unjust to them.”