{"id":165483,"date":"2025-06-03T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down"},"modified":"2025-06-03T16:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:33:14","slug":"ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down","title":{"rendered":"Ondo Deputy Speaker resigns, Majority Leader steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Abayomi Akinruntan has resigned his position, citing the need to align with the conventional arrangement of elective position in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The resignation letter of the former deputy speaker \u2013 representing Ilaje Constituency 1, \u2013 who is the son of the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, was read at the floor of the Assembly by the Clerk, Benjamin Jayeiola.<\/p>\n<p>Akinruntan, who was absent during the plenary, was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly in June 2023, a position he occupied until his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>The resignation letter read: \u201cI hereby tender my resignation from the office of the Deputy Speaker effective from today, 2nd June, 2025. Recall the House was inaugurated June, 2023 and I was unanimously elected as Deputy Speaker by members as stipulated in our standing order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy resignation is borne out of the need to align with the conventional arrangement in power sharing of elective positions in the state. I want to appreciate all members and staff for their contributions and support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Akinruntan\u2019s resignation, the lawmaker representing Okitipupa Constituency 2, Ololade Gbegude was subsequently nominated by Oluwatoyin Japheth (Akoko North East Constituency) and seconded by Chris Ayebusiwa (Okitipupa Constituency 1) as the new Deputy Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Following the nomination of Gbegudu, which was not contested, he was subsequently sworn in as the Deputy Speaker with the pledge that he will serve in his new role with due diligence.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi, also stepped down from his position, with the lawmaker representing Ose Constituency, Olatunji Oshati, announced as the new Majority Leader.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Muritala Sulaiman, representing Akoko South East, was announced as the new Chief Whip, while Fabiyi Olatunji, Odigbo Constituency 1, becomes the Whip of the Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, commended the former deputy speaker and the erstwhile majority leader for their maturity.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cHe (Akinruntan) has been a peaceful ally. He has support the house. I want to appreciate him for the maturity displayed for ensuring a peaceful transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same thing goes to the former majority leader. He has been a stabilizer in the House and also a good and dependable ally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the change of the positions of the principal officers became imperative in order to balance the unwritten elective political arrangements in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Akinruntan and Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa hail from the same Ilaje Local Council Area of the state, while the erstwhile Majority Leader, Ogunmolasuyi is from<\/p>\n<p>Owo Local Council, where the Deputy Governor, Olayide Adelami hails from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Abayomi Akinruntan has resigned his position, citing the need to align with the conventional arrangement of elective position in the state. The resignation letter of the former deputy speaker \u2013 representing Ilaje Constituency 1, \u2013 who is the son of the Olugbo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1578,254,339],"class_list":["post-165483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-breaking","tag-nigeria","tag-ondo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ondo Deputy Speaker resigns, Majority Leader steps down - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Abayomi Akinruntan has resigned his position, citing the need to ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ondo Deputy Speaker resigns, Majority Leader steps down\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Abayomi Akinruntan has resigned his position, citing the need to ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-03T14:30:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-03T15:33:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1748952259.473346.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1726\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"898\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ondo Deputy Speaker resigns, Majority Leader steps down\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-03T14:30:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-03T15:33:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down\"},\"wordCount\":442,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1748952259.473346.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"breaking\",\"Nigeria\",\"Ondo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ondo-deputy-speaker-resigns-majority-leader-steps-down\",\"name\":\"Ondo Deputy Speaker resigns, Majority Leader steps down - 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