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The bill which seeks to create the New Oyo State with Oyo town as the Capital City from Oyo State scaled through second Reading on the floor of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday.
The private member bill was sponsored by Hon. Adeniyi Adeyemi and six others who observed the effect of Consequential change of the name of the remaining Part of Oyo State to Ibadan State with Ibadan City as Capital City and defined for Local Government Areas comprising the two States.
In his lead debate, Hon. Adeyemi who observed that the bill is not new to the parliament, recalled that the bill was successfully passed in the Second Republic by both chambers (National Assembly) awaiting the presidential asset before military interregnum in our Democratic life.
“The then National Assembly in 1983 successfully passed a motion on the creation of New Oyo State with Oyo Town as its Capital. (See National Assembly Debates (Senate) Official Report. Volume 2. No. 24 of Wednesday 23” February, 1983).
“The 2014 National Conference held in Abuja also recommended in its final report for the creation of New Oyo State with Oyo town as its capital. This
“This is stated in volume II page 708 of the report, It’s noteworthy that present Oyo State deserves to be split into two being the largest state in terms of landmass in the South-West geopolitical zone with thirty-three Local Governments and it has a population of 5,580,894 people (2006 census).
“The New Oyo State when created has all factors to be economically and politically viable and sustainable which include vast agricultural and water potentials.”
According to him, the three zones that constitute the proposed (New) Oyo State have abundant arable land for cash and staple crops; and abundant water resources for potable water, hydropower and irrigation.
While speaking on the abundant mineral resources endowment, he explained that the proposed New Oyo State is naturally endowed with mineral resources in commercial quantities including huge marble deposit gold, granites, kaolin, limestone, among others.
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