EKITI GOV DISSOLVES CABINET, RETAINS AG, CHAIRMAN
Read Time:1 Minute, 14 Second
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR
In preparation for the June 20, 2026, gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, Governor Biodun Oyebanji has disbanded the State Executive Council effective immediately.
In a statement late Sunday, the Secretary to the State Government, Habibat Adubiaro, said all the governor’s appointees were affected by the dissolution.
The affected commissioners and special advisers are to hand over to the permanent secretary or the most senior civil servant in their respective ministries, departments and agencies, Adubiaro said.
Adubiaro said, “Governor Oyebanji thanks the affected members of the State Executive Council and wishes them success in their future endeavours.
“However, the dissolution does not affect the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. Also not affected by the dissolution are the Commissioner for Health and Human Services; Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security; Commissioner for Education; Commissioner for Works; Commissioner for Trade, Investment, Industry and Cooperatives; Special Adviser, Special Education and Social Inclusion; and Special Adviser Lands, Survey and e-GIS.
READ MORE:
“Also, all Directors General who are members of the State Executive Council are to retain their positions. These are the Director General Office of Transformation and Service Delivery (OTSD); Director General SDGs and Project Monitoring; and Director General Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).”
Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was inaugurated on October 16, 2022, is endeavoring to regain his position in the upcoming election next year.
Happy
0 %
Sad
0 %
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
0 %
Surprise
0 %
0
0