Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has approved the appointment of four officials to key positions in the state’s power, road infrastructure and transportation sectors.
The appointments were announced in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday evening by Yinka Oyebode, the governor’s chief press secretary.
The development came hours after Oyebanji swore in the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Habibat Adubiaro, and the Chief of Staff, Oyeniyi Adebayo.
According to Oyebode, the new appointees are Philip Atere as Technical Adviser on Power Infrastructure; Tope Fatukasi as Technical Adviser on Road Infrastructure; retired Air Vice Marshal Sunday Makinde as Technical Adviser on Airport; and Tajudeen Alingbolu as 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, who said that the reappointment of the SSG and COS placed greater responsibilities on them to serve the government and the people of Ekiti State, however,
cautioned them against becoming complacent, overconfident or too comfortable in their positions, stressing that the demands of the second term required a higher level of diligence, discipline and accountability.
He described Adubiaro and Adebayo as “steady hands who had served creditably as foundation appointees since he assumed office four years ago,” saying, “This reappointment is, therefore, proof that the reward for good work is more work. But I will be dishonest if I do not acknowledge that there are areas in need of 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.