
We will continue to run an effective feedback system through which the citizens can hold the government accountable. | These Executive Orders establish mechanisms for public oversight of government actions –
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We will realign all agencies and departments under their supervising ministries within six months of being re-elected. | In progress. |
Upon being re-elected, the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism will establish a public orientation and sensitisation framework into which all agencies and departments of government will key in to run continuous sensitisation and enlightenment programmes using traditional, electronic and social media. | Achieved under the Oyo State Mobilisation Agency for Socio-Economic Development (OYMASED). The bill creating the agency was signed into law on 11 June 2024. The agency is operational. |
We will create a framework for enforcing existing laws following the principles of equity and fairness supervised by the Ministry of Justice within the first year of being re-elected. | The Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Agency (OYRLEA) was established in April 2024 and inaugurated in August 2024. |
Having created the necessary infrastructure, we will be enforcing existing laws around traffic, waste management and street trading within the first year of being re-elected. | The new Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Agency (OYRLEA) is enforcing environmental, waste management, road traffic, anti-open grazing and open rearing and sundry laws in the State. After commencing operations, OYRLEA started with intense sensitisation thorough various media platforms to create awareness about the agency’s mandate and the need for citizens to be law abiding. Since then, over 6,000 cases on traffic violations and related offences have been tried through the tribunal and mobile courts and those found guilty have been punished with jail terms or fines. Also, over 3,000 cases on environmental offences have been decided. Cases on open grazing and rearing have also been decided with offenders sentenced to jail time with options of fines. |
**** It should be noted that EO Nos. 003 and 005 of 2023 have been formally amended to optimize their effectiveness in serving the State. Furthermore, Executive Order No. 002 is currently undergoing the amendment process.
These activities were completed under the supervision of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice – Mr Biodun Aikomo
To see the promises kept in the Rule of Law sector in the first year of Omituntun 2.0 (5 Years in Office), click here and select the Rule of Law tab.