Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun on Thursday approved the appointment of six new Permanent Secretaries and redeployment two.
This was contained in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary Mr Kunle Somorin.
He said that the appointments were meant to fill the existing vacancies among the rank of permanent secretaries in the state public service.
He named the permanent secretaries to include Mrs, Olubukunola Adeniregun, Messrs Adetunji Kanimodo and Olusegun Olaotan.
Others are Dr. Rotimiolu Akinlesi, Waidi Olanloye and Olufowobi A.O. Until their appointments, these career officers were senior directors in their respective ministries, agencies and parastatals.
“Seniority, merit, professionalism and diversity were considered in the appointment of the six Permanent Secretaries and done in line with Section 208 (c) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended)”, Somorin said.
The statement said that the new permanent secretaries had been deployed to the following ministries and agencies: Olubukunola Adeniregun, Bureau of Local Government Pensions; Mr. Adetunji Kanimodo, Ministry of Rural Development and Water Resources, while Dr. Rotimi Akinlesi was deployed to the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs.
Dr Waidi Olanloye was posted to the Teaching Service Commission, just as Dr. Olufowobi and Mr Olusegun Olaotan would be functioning as Permanent Secretaries at the Local Government Service Commission and Ministry of Culture and Tourism, respectively.
Meanwhile, two serving Permanent Secretaries were also redeployed to new offices, according to the statement.
These are Mr. Olurotimi Sotubo from the Bureau of Political Affairs and Administration to the Office of the Governor and Mr Kehinde Onasanya to the Bureau of Political Affairs and Administration from the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs.
The governor congratulated them ans urged them to brace up for the challenges ahead and apply themselves scrupulously to the agenda of the administration’s “Building Our Future Together”.