Lagos HoS, Olabode Agoro
Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Olabode Agoro as the new Head of Service of the state.
The appointment is to take effect from September 30.
The development was contained in a circular dated September 21, 2023, and issued by the outgoing head of service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola.
The governor’s spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile, released content of the circular on X Friday night.
According to the circular, Agoro was the Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau, before his appointment.
His predecessor enjoined all the state’s civil servants to support and cooperate with him to consolidate on the achievements of his predecessors.
Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola
“It is hereby notified for general information that Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State has approved the appointment of Mr. Agoro, Olabode Shuaheeb as the 22nd Head of Civil Service. The appointment is to take effect from 30th September, 2023,” the circular reads.
“It is expedient to note that the new head of service joined the Lagos state public service on 1st July 2003 and had since served the state meritoriously before his elevation to the status of a permanent secretary on 3rd August, 2015.
“Until this appointment, Mr. Agoro, Olabode Shuaheeb, who succeeds Mr. Hakeem Olayinka Muri-Okunola, was the permanent secretary, Lands Bureau.
“To this end, all public servants are hereby enjoined to accord the newly appointed head of service all necessary support required to consolidate on the achievements of his predecessors and, by extension, take the state public service to greater heights. Without prompting, all public servants are expected to consistently exhibit the time-tested public service values such as commitment, integrity, transparency, accountability, probity and loyalty in the discharge of their assigned responsibilities.
“While wishing the new head of service a most rewarding and successful tenure of office, accounting officers are hereby enjoined to take note of this circular and give it the widest publicity it deserves.”
The appointment comes days after President Bola Tinubu appointed the outgoing head of service as his principal private secretary.
Muri-Okunola also announced that he was embarking on voluntary retirement from September 29, 2023, to take up the appointment.
A principal private secretary is a senior civil servant who manages the president’s portfolio so that they can act as strategic counsel.
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