JUST IN: BODE AGORO NAMED AS NEW LAGOS STATE HEAD OF SERVICE

September 22, 2023September 23, 2023

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The announcement has been made of a new Head of Service in the Lagos State Government.

On Friday evening, Shuaheeb Olabode Agoro was named as the new Head if Service to succeed Hakeem Muri-Okunola, who resigned his appointment to serve in the Presidency.

Lagos State Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu approved the appointment of Shuaheeb Olabode Agoro as the 22nd Head of Service with effect from September 30, 2023.

A statement signed by the outgoing Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said Agoro joined the Lagos State Public Service on 1st July 2003 and became a Permanent Secretary on August 3, 2015. Until his present appointment, Mr. Agoro was the Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau.

Outgoing Muri-Okunola, the 21st Head of Service in Lagos State was recently appointed Principal Secretary to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. His voluntary resignation from the civil service will take effect from September 29, 2023.

Muri-Okunola called on all Public Servants to accord the newly appointed Head of Service the necessary support to consolidate the achievements of his predecessors, wishing his successor a most rewarding and successful tenure of office.