Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has sworn in eight new commissioners and seven Special Advisers in the first cabinet reshuffle of his second-term administration.
The ceremony was held at the Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti, on Monday.
The newly inaugurated commissioners are: Barrister Akin Omole (Information and Values Orientation); Dr Oyebanji Filani (Health); Mr Akin Oyebode (Finance and Economic Development); Prince Olabode Adetoyi (Agriculture and Food Security); Otunba Oladiran Adesua (Housing and Urban Development); Dr (Mrs) Olabimpe Aderiye (Education, Science and Technology); Alhaja Mariam Ogunlade (Women Affairs and Social Development); and Princess Iyabode Fakunle-Okhiemen (Environment and Natural Resources). Aare Muyiwa Olumilua was moved to the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industries.
The Special Advisers are: Chief (Mrs) Moji Fafure (Gender Empowerment and Social Mobilisation); Prof. Francesca Aladejana (Basic, Secondary and Vocational/Technical Education); (Mr Foluso Daramola (Governor’s Office); Chief Olusoga Davies (Political Matters); Chief Folorunso Olabode (Community and Rural Development); Architect Tope Ogunleye (Special Projects); Mr Ayoola Owolabi (Investment, Trade and Industries).
Also inaugurated were Prof Femi Akinwunmi as the Chairman of the State Primary Education Board (SUBEB) and Mr Febisola Adewale as member, Local Government Service Commission.
The governor tasked the new appointees on service delivery, saying his administration would strengthen all government institutions and processes with a view to ensuring continuity of development agenda for those coming behind.
“We must continue to strengthen our government institutions, processes to ensure we are on course with our collective vision for a greater Ekiti. This vision was imparted into our hearts and minds by our forebears and we have done well to document it into the Ekiti Development Strategy which provide for short, medium and long term plans to develop our state.
“Let me therefore sound a note of warning to all of you coming on board, your watchword should be delivery delivery and delivery. Very soon, electoral politics will be here, you must avoid any form of distraction from your primary duty of delivering public good to the good people of Ekiti state,” Fayemi stressed.
Responding on behalf of the appointees, the new Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr (Mrs) Olabimpe Aderiye, expressed appreciation to the governor for finding them worthy while promising that they would not betray the confidence reposed in them.
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