Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti
The present administration, in Ekiti State, is about to witness a cabinet reshuffle as Governor Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, sent the list of seven new Commissioner-nominees to the State House of Assembly.
Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, who disclosed this at the plenary, read the names of the nominees on the floor of the House, on Tuesday morning.
The names of the nominees presented according to the speaker are, Otunba Diran Adesua(Ekiti East), Prince Olabode Adetoyi (Moba), Dr. (Mrs.) Olabimpe Aderiye (Ido Osi), Dr. Oye Filani (Ikole), Princess Iyabo Fakunle (Ilejemeje), Alhaja Mariam Ogunlade (Emure) and Mr. Akin Omole (Oye).
Also nominated for board positions were, Prof. Femi Akinwunmi (SUBEB) and Hon. Febisola Adewale (Local Government Service Commission)
Responding to the development, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, said it was part of the strategies to strengthen the cabinet and bring in new bloods and ideas to develop the state.
Oyebode, who spoke via telephone added that, “Fayemi was determined to deliver on his mandate to bring economic prosperity, by working with other progressives to give the people the required dividends of democracy.”
Inquiring about those that will be replaced in the cabinet as a result of the action, Oyebode said: “Let us wait and see how the screening will end before talking about who will be affected.
“The essence of the cabinet reshuffle is to strengthen the government for better performance and that we shall achieve in the end.”
