Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect, directing affected members to hand over to senior civil servants in their ministries.
The announcement was made late Sunday by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Habibat Adubiaro. According to her, the move affects commissioners and special advisers across the state’s ministries, departments, and agencies, except for a select group of officials.
“The affected commissioners and special advisers are to hand over to the Permanent Secretary or the most senior civil servant in their respective MDAs,” Adubiaro said in the statement.
She explained that the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, as well as the Commissioners for Health and Human Services; Agriculture and Food Security; Education; Works; and Trade, Investment, Industry and Cooperatives, would remain in their posts.
Also retained are the Special Adviser on Special Education and Social Inclusion and the Special Adviser on Lands, Survey, and e-GIS.
“All Directors General who are members of the State Executive Council are also to retain their positions. These include the Director General, Office of Transformation and Service Delivery; the Director General, SDGs and Project Monitoring; and the Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP),” she added.
Governor Oyebanji expressed gratitude to the outgoing officials for their service. “I thank the members of the dissolved council for their commitment to the development of Ekiti State and wish them the very best in their future endeavours,” he said.
The governor did not immediately disclose the reason for the shake-up or when new appointments would be announced.
