After the Bill was passed for third reading at the plenary session, Mr Adewale Egbedun, the Assembly Speaker, said the Bill would be forwarded to the governor for assent.
The Osun State House of Assembly has reverted the state's name from “State of Osun” introduced in 2012 by the former Governor Rauf Aregbesola, to “Osun State.”
The State Assembly on Monday through a Bill tagged “Osun State Anthem, Crest and Flag Amendment Bill 2023,” reverted the State name, flag and crest of the state from what they were.
After the Bill was passed for third reading at the plenary session, Mr Adewale Egbedun, the Assembly Speaker, said the Bill would be forwarded to the governor for assent.
Egbedun said that the new Bill, after it was assented to by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, would replace the Osun Anthem, Crest and Flag Bill 2012.
The new Bill, aside from reverting the name of the state, also changes the flag and crest of the state to the Nigerian flag and the Nigerian Coat of Arms.
The State Anthem established by the old Bill was, however, sustained by the new Bill.
Meanwhile, the State Assembly, thereafter, screened 13 of the 25 commissioner nominees who appeared before it, after the report of the ad-hoc screening committee was adopted.
The Chairman of the ad-hoc screening committee, Akinyode Oyewusi, while making recommendations, said that all the nominees are competent and qualified to be commissioners.
Oyewusi said the nominees met the requirements of the law and that they should be confirmed in line with section 192 (2) of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 (amended).
However, the Speaker, Egbedun, said the nominees would all be considered for confirmation after the House is through with screening.