I’ll soon appoint permanent secretaries to vacant positions – Makinde

INDEPENDENT NG

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that he will soon appoint Permanent Secretaries to vacant positions in the state’s Civil service, following the advice of the retired Head of Service, Alhaja Amidat Ololade Agboola.

The governor, who stated this while speaking at the retirement and thanksgiving programme of the retired Head of Service held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, at the weekend, said that the ex-HoS was committed to workers’ welfare.

He also said that it was commendable that the outgone HoS did not recommend any staff for dismissal all through her four year tenure.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, further quotedo the governor as saying that his administration will soon purchase official vehicles for serving Permanent Secretaries and Tutors-General in the state.

Governor Makinde, who described Alhaja Ololade Agboola as a team player who contributed immensely to the success of his administration in the past four years, adding that she was so passionate about Service to the state.

While admitting that Alhaja Agboola was a member of his administration’s think tank, the governor noted that his government was successful in putting the right pegs in the right holes