Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved the appointment of three Special Advisers, 90 Senior Special Assistants and 910 Special Assistants as part of efforts to strengthen governance in the state.
The appointments were announced in a statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan.
The governor also nominated Erelu Taibat Yemi Oloruntoba from Akoko North-West Local Government Area as Commissioner for Special Duties. Her nomination has been forwarded to the Ondo State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation.
The three newly appointed Special Advisers are Hon. Abimbola Fajolu, Special Adviser on Environment; Chief Ade Adeniyi, Special Adviser on Rural and Community Development; and Mr. Muyiwa Ogunyemi, Special Adviser on Transport.
The statement also listed some of the newly appointed Senior Special Assistants.
They include Erelu Toyin Ogungbure, Women Mobilisation, South; Bidemi Obayangbon, Forestry; Gboluge Olufunmi Alex, Community Engagement, South; Hon. Akin Adeniyi, Community Engagement, Central; and Obayan Theophilus Ayodeji, Community Engagement, North.
Others are Kelvin Solomon, Students Affairs; Adeolu Iwakun, Volunteer Services; Samson Job Bazuaye, Oil and Gas; Fade Ojamomi, Youth Empowerment and Job Creation; Sam Adepoju, Public Engagement; Alhaji Samad Orijeminiyi, Scholarship; Victor Omodara, Grassroots Mobilisation; and Abayomi Adefolalu, Photography.
Alhaji Abdulkadiri Adenoyi, Prince Nzuoma Egbulefu, and Alhaji Garba Goni were appointed as aides for Non-Indigenes.
Adeniyan said the full list of the 90 Senior Special Assistants and 910 Special Assistants will be made public in due course.
The appointments take immediate effect.
