Adeleke and Akande Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday met with former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, at his Ibadan residence to discuss the ongoing dispute over control of local government areas in the state. Adeleke was accompanied by the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaiye, Chief of Staff, Kazeem Akinleye, Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun; Commissioner for Commerce, Bunmi Jenyo; and the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi. The Osun PDP and the APC are in a stand-off over the control of local government area in the state. The crisis had turned violent, with at least six people killed. On Tuesday, following an initial meeting with his aides present, Adeleke and Akande proceeded to
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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, on Wednesday disclosed that plans are ongoing for the proposed 12 Regional and National Public Hearings on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution across the six geo-political zones of the Federation. The Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, made this known in Abuja on Wednesday while receiving a delegation from the Albright Stonebridge Group, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office. According to him, the forthcoming exhibition on gender inclusion, tagged “Art for Governance,” scheduled for next month, was organized by the Special Ad-hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in partnership with the Advocacy for Civic Engagement Centre (ElectHER) and the National Assembly Library. Addressing the delegation, Hon.