Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has conducted a minor reshuffling of the state executive cabinet, reassigning commissioners to different ministries with immediate effect.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has executed a minor reshuffling of the state executive cabinet. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju.
Hon. Ademola Ojo, the former Commissioner for Trade, Industry, Investment and Cooperatives, has been reassigned to the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters. Ojo is a former chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Oyo State chapter.
Hon. Segun Olayiwola, previously in charge of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, has been moved to the Ministry of Establishment and Training.
Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi, the erstwhile Commissioner for Establishment and Training, will now lead the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Investment and Cooperatives.
The governor noted that these changes take immediate effect.
Meanwhile, Governor Seyi Makinde has given his approval for the appointment of Owolabi Olakuleyin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadan land.
This was made known in a statement by the Oyo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Olusegun Olayiwola.
The statement noted that the approval is a culmination of a series of processes stipulated by the extant laws of the state regarding ascension to royal thrones.
The governor gave the approval in a memo signed on June 14, 2024, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 19 (Cap 28) Law of Oyo State 2000 as amended.