The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the appointment of Adebayo Lawal as the new Deputy Governor of the State.
This followed the removal of Rauf Olaniyan on Monday over alleged misconduct.
The approval of the new Deputy Governor followed the nomination of Lawal to the lawmakers for consideration by Governor Seyi Makinde as a replacement for Olaniyan.
Before his appointment, Lawal was the Chairman of the State Housing Corporation.
He had also served as the state Attorney-General.
The New Deputy Governor hails from Kisi in the Irepo Local Government area.
Lawal’s nomination is contained in a letter Governor Seyi Makinde forwarded to the lawmakers, which was presented at the plenary.
The House had gone on a short recess shortly after the impeachment of Olaniyan as the Deputy Governor.
The lawmakers later reconvened to consider the appointment of the new deputy governor.
The Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin, while reading the letter from Governor Seyi Makinde said it was in response to an earlier letter sent by the lawmaker to the Governor dated July 18, informing him of the impeachment of Olaniyan.
Defending the nomination of Lawal, Majority Leader of the House, Sanjo Adedoyin, said that the nomination should be favourably considered, approved and adopt in view of his antecedents in contributing to the progress of the state.
Seconding the motion, Kazeem Olayanju, representing Irepo/Olorunsogo State Constituency, said that the House should confirm Lawal as the new Deputy Governor of Oyo State.
In his remarks, the speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin put the nomination to a voice vote, which went the ways of the “ayes”.
According to him, with the vote, Lawal has been approved as the Deputy Governor of Oyo state.
The House later adjourned plenary until July 21.
