By: Opeyemi Abolarinwa.

Osun State House of Assembly at the plenary on Tuesday read a letter received from the State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, proposing the conversion of Osun State General Hospital, Ilesa, to the University of Ilesa Teaching Hospital.

According to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun said the bill, when passed into law, will allow full accreditation of Medicine, Surgery, Nursing, and Physiotherapy and will also attract qualified Professors, Consultants, and Resident Doctors to teach.

Also on the order of the day, a private member bill sponsored by Chief Whip, Hon Olawale Akerele representing Ilesa West State Constituency was read on the floor of the House.

The bill, Osun State House of Assembly Service Commission Consolidation and Harmonization Bill 2026 when passed into law aimed to produce a single and conscise document for the commission, merging all those laws, rules and circulars into one single law.

Under the Matters of Public Urgent Importance, the Chief Whip, Hon Olawale Akerele applauded Governor Ademola Adeleke for the construction of Roundabout dual – carriage way through Breweries road in Ilesa.

University of Ilesa Teaching Hospital Establishment Bill 2026 and Osun State House of Assembly Service Commission Consolidation and Harmonization Bill 2026 scaled first reading.

The speaker admonished the lawmakers to study the bills in detail in preparation for their policy thrusts.

Similarly, Osun State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency Bill 2026 scaled second reading and was committed to House Committee on Innovation, Science and Technology for further scrutiny and report to the House in the next one week.