The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Olawale Rasheed, disclosed that the governor and the leadership of the House of Assembly have met to resolve issues as regards to the change of the name of the state. 

While speaking on channel TV on Tuesday, the chief Secretary noted that there is a smooth relationship between the legislative and the executive.

He said, “The Speaker of the House and the Governor of the state just met; there is a very cordial relationship between the legislative and the executive and in the State of Osun, the executive order is very clear. We are reverting to Osun State, State of the Living Spring and that has been resolved.

“The issue of Osun State and the State of Osun has been ongoing for a long time; there is a court process about it, and we don’t want to be drawn into it because we are not the ones that took the State Assembly to the court to secure the judgement. But the situation of things as of today is that the State Assembly and the executive arm are on the same page on almost all other issues,” Rasheed said.

Recall that Adeleke in his inaugural speech, said that the name "State of Osun" should be changed to "Osun State" 

In response to that, the state House of Assembly rejected the motion and stated that it is a law adopted during the Aregbesola-Led Administration.

“The usage of the state anthem, crest, and the flag is an enactment of the law and as such, its usage is a matter of law and not choice,” the Assembly said in a statement by the Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Publicity, Kunle Akande.

“The enactment of ‘state of Osun anthem, crest and flag law, 2012’ assented to on the 18th of December, 2012, contained in Schedule I, II, III, IV, and V, which carefully details every component of this law is not in ambiguity.

“Schedule I is the State Anthem, Schedule II has to do with the State Crest, and Schedule III is the symbolic significance of elements in the Flag.

“Lastly, while we are aware of a court judgment in effect recognising ‘Osun State’, the Assembly, pending the determination and exhaustion of all legal means, would not be drawn into this matter.

“However, the State shall and will continue to be described as the state of the virtuous (Ipinle Omoluabi).”