A motion seeking autonomy and metamorphosis of the Oyo College of Nursing and Midwifery, Kisi, into a full-fledged and autonomous medical institution, has been brought before the Oyo State House of Assembly.
Honourable Salami Ayinde, member representing Irepo/Olorunsogo constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly, who presented the motion at plenary, argued that the Kisi campus of the Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery had the facilities and infrastructure to be an autonomous and full-fledged medical institution.
According to Ayinde, in the motion, granting such status will boost the institution’s efforts at providing qualified and employable medical personnel for the State and country at large.
He said that college showed commitment to the establishment of a medical institution in Oke-Ogun when, in 2016, the Kisi Progressive Union (KPU) and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) in Irepo Local Government donated to the State government buildings and other infrastructure for the school.
He listed some of the facilities inherited by the Oyo State Government as a 25-bedroom hostel donated by the Nigerian Army’s Military-Civil cooperation, e-library donated by Adesope family in Kisi, auditorium with five offices, block of five rooms among other facilities.
He said various Kisi indigenes were resolved to keep the institution running at the highest standards if it becomes autonomous and a full-fledged medical institution.
Also at the day’s plenary, the Oyo State admonished the State Government to come up with a policy framework for the adoption and implementation of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security in the Pace Setter State in order to pave way for the accessibility of grants and other programs for the development of Women empowerment and Gender equality.
This plea followed a motion moved by the lawmaker representing Ibadan North 1, State Constituency, Hon. Comforter Olajide, and Co-sponsored by the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin ( Ibarapa North) , Hons. Olabisi Michael ( Ogbomosho North), Akintunde Olajide (Lagelu) and Rilwan Saminu ( Saki East / Atisbo ) State constituencies.
Presenting the motion on the need for urgent adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 and National Action Plans (NAPs) by Oyo State to develop the State Action Plan (SAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WAP), Honourable Comforter explained that all hands must be on deck in ensuring total adoption of the Plan for the benefits of the State women on right, well – being, and Gender equality.
She explained further that the excessiveness of violence against women was among the reasons that made the United Nations Security Council adopt the Resolution in the year 2000, and outlined a comprehensive profile and strategic mechanism for the protection, promotion and participation of women in peace processes.
Comforter declared that the first National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCR was deployed in August 2013 with sixteen States of the Federation, equally domesticated the NAP by developing their State Action Plans ( SAPs).
The motion read, “The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development developed Nigeria’s first National Action Plan ( NAP ) on UNSCR 1325. Since then, and in pursuit of the same objectives, 16 States of the federation such as Bayelsa, Borough, Delta, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Rivers, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Benue, Kogi, Nassarawa, Kwara, and Ekiti have equally domesticated the NAP by developing their State Action Plan.
“State Action Plans are State – specific versions of the National Action Plan, tailored to address the particular needs and challenges of each State for Women, Peace and Security (WPS).”
She, however, called on the State Government to follow suit and bring Oyo State to the limelight of benefiting from United Nations, Development Partners, and other stakeholders’ commitment to supporting women’s participation in peace and security and other provisions of the United Nations Security Council Resolution.
The motion further read: “There is a dire need to ensure that Oyo State benefit from numerous grants and programs associated with the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.”
In his remarks, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin who presided over the plenary commended the effort of Comforter for bringing such a sensitive and Gender-based motion to the floor of the House, described the moves as a laudable one as the State Government will have nothing to lose in adopting the plan.
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