{"id":125180,"date":"2019-06-10T17:11:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=125180"},"modified":"2019-06-10T18:29:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T17:29:00","slug":"corruption-ill-surrender-my-immunity-if-found-guilty-says-new-oyo-state-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=125180","title":{"rendered":"Corruption: I\u2019ll Surrender My Immunity If Found Guilty, Says New Oyo State Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his administration will soon establish an anti-corruption agency in the state and that he is ready to give up his immunity if found guilty of any corrupt practices.<\/p>\n

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying this on Sunday during a two-day induction programme organised for members-elect of the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n

He said the plan for the establishment of the agency was part of his administration\u2019s readiness to fight graft.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that the lawmakers would get a bill seeking to establish the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency immediately after the inauguration.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, when the agency is established, it will be empowered to beam its searchlight on individuals and government institutions in the state.<\/p>\n

Makinde expressed readiness to waive his immunity and appear before the agency if found wanting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first Executive Bill we are bringing to you is for us to set up an Anti-Corruption Agency for Oyo State. And I will waive my immunity, if I am found not to be above board, to face that agency,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

The governor also promised to work with the state assembly to guarantee financial autonomy to local government administration.<\/p>\n

On security, Makinde said his government was determined to make the state one of the safest in the country by coming up with measures to tame insecurity.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that his government already had a blueprint on the security sector, adding that his colleagues in the South\/West were also working in the same direction.<\/p>\n

According to him, the decision to proscribe the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) a few days after taking office was borne out of the resolve to ensure that the state was not held to ransom by a few individuals.<\/p>\n

He implored the members-elect to work towards a cordial relationship with the executive.<\/p>\n

Makinde disclosed that his administration had four major areas to focus on, which included economy, agriculture, poverty alleviation and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to expand our economy and lift as many of our people as possible out of poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to use agriculture to expand the economy. It is not by just saying it; we have to see real action and most of our infrastructure will be made to target our economy and we need to work together on this,\u201d the governor State.”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his administration will soon establish an anti-corruption agency in the state and that he is ready to give up his immunity if found guilty of any corrupt practices. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying this on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/125181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}