Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday inaugurated four
new members of the State Executive Council with a charge on them to
immediately swing into action and offer their best to the people.
Speaking
at a brief ceremony held at the Osuntokun Pavilion, Government House
Grounds, Dr Fayemi said the new cabinet members were appointed based
on their track record, expertise and experience, and as such they
must immediately settle down in office and inject new ideas to
reinvigorate and re-energize government machinery to the overall
benefit of the people.
Addressing
the appointees, the governor said their immediate mandate was to
correct whatever needs correction as well as discharge their duties
with fairness courtesies to everyone.
The
governor said, “You will recall that at the inauguration of this
government, I made a declaration of our cardinal programmes to be
anchored on the four pillars of Social Investment; Knowledge Economy;
Infrastructure and Industrial Development; and Agriculture and Rural
Development. I therefore wish to admonish the newly inaugurated
appointees that much confidence has been reposed in them and what is
expected of them is total commitment and dedication to Ekiti state
and the attainment of these four cardinal programmes.
“We
must all work together to make genuine efforts at reclaiming our
land. By the time you resume at your respective offices, you may
discover alarming facts of the current state of affairs. I urge that
you must swing into immediate action to correct whatever needs
correction as a admonish that you must discharge yourselves with
fairness courtesies to all and sundry.
“As
you are inaugurated today with your different portfolios, let me
hasten to tell you that high performance is expected of all of you in
the discharge of the duties of your various offices, particularly
considering the peculiar situation of the state.”
The
newly appointed cabinet members are Attorney General and Commissioner
for Justice, Mr. Wale Fapohunda; Commissioner for Finance, Mr.
Oladapo Kolawole; Secretary to the State Government, Mr Biodun
Oyebanji and Chief of Staff, Mr Biodun Omoleye.
Fayemi
used the occasion to assure everyone that the process of appointment
was a continuous one adding that all strata of Ekiti community would
be represented.
Responding
on behalf of the appointees, Omoleye thanked Governor Fayemi for
finding them worthy to be part of a robust administration, assuring
that they would key into the vision and mission of government and
offer nothing but the best to move Ekiti forward.
At
the event were the Deputy Governor of Ekiti state, Otunba Bisi
Egbeyemi, Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi,former Vice
Chancellor of federal University, Otuoke, Prof Bolaji Aluko; state
chairman of APC, barrister Paul Omotosho; APC party
leaders, traditional rulers and top government officials.
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