...as AG, DGs, few others retain Offices
By Ola Kay
In a dramatic move, Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Sunday night embarked on the dissolution the State Executive Council with immediate effect.
The move was announced through a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Prof. Habibat Adubiaro.
Those affected include commissioners and Special Advisers who has been mandated to hand over to the Permanent Secretary or the most senior civil servant in their respective MDAs.
Though no specific reasons were given for the action, governor Oyebanji commended outgoing members of the State Executive Council and wished them success in their future endeavours.
But, the statement added that “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.
”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)”.
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