Political appointees in Oyo state woke up to a rude shock on Monday as the state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, terminated their appointments during an executive council meeting held with them in his office in the morning.
The Governor announced the dissolution of his cabinet in the afternoon of September 23, 2013, Monday, NE learnt.
According to a statement issued by the Director, Cabinet, Mr. Dotun Omokemi, the decision was taken upon termination of the state executive council meeting.
In the statement, Governor Ajimobi said there was the need to inject fresh blood into the administration, in the quest to serve the state better.
The Governor thanked the commissioners and Special Advisers who made up the executive council for their contributions so far and asked them to hand over to the Permanent Secretaries in their various ministries.
It was a total purge, as all members of the state cabinet, including the secretary to the state government, Akin Olajide; Chief of Staff, Adeolu Akande; all the commissioners as well as special advisers were affected, leaving only the governor and his deputy, Moses Alake Adeyemo, behind.
The list of the cabinet dissolved yesterday:
Hon. Taiwo Otegbeye Hon. Commissioner for Information & Orientation
Hon. Dapo Lam-Adesina Hon. Commissioner for Youth & Sports
Hon. Adetokunbo Fayokun Hon. Commissioner for Education
Mrs. Atinuke Osunkoya Hon. Commissioner for Women Affairs, Community Development & Social Welfare
Alhaja Adetutu Adeyemi Hon. Commissioner for Culture & Tourism
Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin Hon. Commissioner for Health
Mr. Zacch Adelabu Adedeji Hon. Commissioner for Finance
Hon. Ajiboye Omodewu Hon. Commissioner for Local Government & Chieftaincy Matters
Miss Kafayat Adebisi Adeojo Hon. Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development
Barr. Sunmbo Owolabi Hon. Commissioner for Water Resources
Hon. Peter O. Odetomi Hon. Commissioner for Agriculture, Natural Resources & Rural Development
Barr. Lowo Obisesan Hon. Commissioner for Environment & Habitat
Hon. Adebayo Olagbenro Hon. Commissioner for Trade, Investment & Cooperatives
Hon. Abimbola Kolade Hon. Commissioner for Lands, Housing & Survey
Dr. Olaniyi Nurudeen Olarinde Hon. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budgeting
Alhaji Wasiu Dauda Hon. Commissioner for Establishments and Training
Barr. Bayo Ojo Hon. Commissioner for Justice
Hon. Commissioner for Works & Transport
Hon. Commissioner for Special Duties
Hon. Commissioner for Applied Science and Technology
Mr. Razaq Olubodun Special Adviser (Parastatals)
Dr. Adeyemi Fajingbesi Special Adviser (Development & Intervention Funds)
Alhaji W. A. Gbadamosi Special Adviser (Physical Planning & Urban Development)
Mr. Tayo Koleosho Special Adviser (ICT)
Oyefunke I. Oworu Special Adviser (Trade, Investment & Cooperatives)
Engr. Kayode Adepoju Special Adviser (Infrastructure)
Hon. Yemi Aderibigbe Special Adviser (Transport)
Mr. Gbolagade Busari Special Adviser (Information & Orientation)
Mr. Abayomi Oke Special Adviser (Environment)
Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle Special Adviser (Political Matters)
Tunde Aderounmu Special Adviser (Agriculture)
Hon. Olu Akintola Special Adviser (Culture & Tourism)
Ms. Oluwabunmi Amao Special Adviser (Establishments & Training)
Mrs. Aderonke Adedayo Special Adviser (Due Process)
Mr. Segun Abolarinwa Special Adviser (Special Duties)
Dr. Festus Adedayo Special Adviser (Media)
Mr. Tope Fajana Special Adviser (MDGs)
Mr. Akinbiyi Oloko Special Adviser (Budget & Planning)
Hon. Matthew Oyedokun Special Adviser (Solid Minerals)
Engr. Ganiyu Taiwo Fawole Special Adviser (Project Monitoring)
Mr. Yanju Adegbite Special Adviser (BCOS)
Hon. Nurudeen Akinyo Special Adviser (Local Govt.)
Hon. Fatai Buhari Special Adviser (Water Resources)
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How I wish fresh graduates like U and I can be tried especially as this concerns my state; my heritage, my lineage.
ReplyDeleteI need not question the validity or the authenticity of the fact that most of we young graduate can perform outstandingly better than some or most of these sacked ministers who myopically sighted the complexity/sensitivity of the position they held and perhaps ineffectively utilised the authority deposited on their shoulders, which by virtue of that, attracted an expulsion from office as ordered by the disciplinarian Boss of all.
To you Boss, replace them as soon as possible. Remember- a vehicle has never driven itself so don't expect the ministries to steer their affairs without competent/ mission-critical "drivers".
@ Kazeem, as a young graduate what do you know to be a commissioner or minister?
ReplyDeleteYou have got no experience unless you are lucky to have participated SUG runs and that is not what we are talking here.
Please try to get a job or establish your own and practice for some years before thinking of becoming a commissioner, or you can as well contest for any post perhaps, you are desperate.