BREAKING: AIYEDATIWA APPOINTS KAYODE AJULO, FIVE OTHER COMMISSIONERS
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the governor of Ondo State, has nominated Kayode Ajulo, SAN, and five other people as commissioners.
As a result, the House of Assembly has received the nominees’ names for verification and screening.
Ebenezer Adeniyan, the governor’s chief press secretary, disclosed this in a statement that was made accessible to journalists on Friday.
The governor had earlier picked a former Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Olaide Adelami, as the deputy governor of the state.
This occurred just hours after all of the commissioners and special advisers were sacked by the governor on Wednesday.
The statement on nominees read, “The nominees are Mrs. Omowumi Isaac; Mr. Olukayode A. Ajulo, SAN; Razaq Obe, Pastor Emmanuel Igbasan; Akinwumi Sowore and Mr. Oseni Oyeniyi.”
The statement added that the governor has also appointed the following individuals as Special Advisers: Olugbenga Omole -Special Adviser on Information and Strategy; Mrs. Olamide Falana -Special Adviser on Gender Affairs, and Mr. Alabi Johnson – Special Adviser on Energy.
Aiyedatiwa succeded late governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who died of prostrate cancer at the age of 67 in Germany in December 2023.
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