Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola [OSG]
The bill has stiff penalties for cult-related and
secret society issues.
The Osun Secret Cult and Secret Societies
Prohibition Bill 2020, forwarded to the Osun House
of Assembly by Governor Gboyega Oyetola passed
first reading after it was read on Tuesday.
Mr Timothy Owoeye , Speaker of the House, read
the covering letter accompanying the Executive Bill
in plenary session.
The governor requested the Legislature to consider
the Bill for speedy passage into law.
Owoeye said the governor stated that the Executive
Council had reviewed and deliberated on the Bill,
which, when passed into law has stiff penalties for
cult-related and secret society issues.
The Speaker, however, pointed out that the state
had an existing law, the Osun State Secret Cult
Prohibition Law 2005, which prohibits secret cult
activities.
He stated that the new Bill would be reviewed and
streamlined alongside the existing law to consider
merging the two.
He said the Assembly's Legal Department and the
House Committee on Legal Matters would take over
the review of the new Bill and work out modalities
on what decisions the Assembly would take.
Also on Tuesday, the Assembly's Joint Committees
on Appropriation and Finance entertained budget
presentation and defence by the Ministry of
Information, the Ministry of Lands and Physical
Planning and six other agencies under their
supervision.
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