OYEBANJI APPOINTS NEW AIDE, SWEARS IN SSG, CoS

BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR
The governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the appointment of four people to important roles in the state‘s power, road infrastructure, and transportation areas.
The news was shared in a statement released in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday evening by the Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode.
This happened just a few hours after the governor officially welcomed the new Secretary to State Government, Prof.
Habibat Adubiaro, and the Chief of Staff, Mr Oyeniyi Adebayo.
Oyebode mentioned the four new appointees as Philip Atere, who will be a Technical Advisor for Power infrastructure; Tope Fatukasi, a Technical Advisor for Road infrastructure; Air Vice Marshal Sunday Makinde (retired), a Technical Advisor for Airport matters; and Tajudeen Alingbolu, who will be the Director-General of the Ekiti State Transport Agency.
The CPS stated that “the appointments, which take immediate effect, are informed by the strategic importance of the respective agencies to the administration’s development agenda.
Oyebanji had at the swearing-in ceremony for the SSG and COS declared that his second-term administration would not tolerate anything short of excellent service delivery.
The governor charged them to deploy the wealth of experience they acquired during the first term of his administration to deliver on their responsibilities without delay.
Oyebanji said that reappointing the SSG and COS means they have more responsibility to serve the government and the people of Ekiti State.However, he warned them not to become too comfortable or overconfident in their roles.He stressed that the second term requires even more hard work, discipline, and accountability.
He called Adubiaro and Adebayo “steady hands” who have done a good job as foundation appointees since he took office four years ago.
He said, “This reappointment shows that doing good work leads to more work.But I won’t be honest if I don’t say there are areas that need improvement.”“You, therefore, have no reason to grope around. The burden that comes with this, however, is that I will be less tolerant of lapses than I was in the first administration because you cannot claim inexperience again,” Oyebanji had said.
