GOVERNOR AMOSUN INAUGURATES 26 MEMBER TRANSITION COMMITTEE AHEAD OF HANDOVER

The Governor was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, while the Governor-Elect was represented by his Deputy, Engr  Noimot Salako- Oyedele. The duo are the co-Chairmen of the committee.

The Deputy Governor-Elect, Noimot Salako- Oyedele while speaking with journalists’ shortly after the inaugural meeting commended the outgoing government for providing necessary information, adding the development would enable the incoming government to hit the ground running immediately it assumed duty on May 29.

Her words, “We are prepared for the transition and the meeting today with the team of the incumbent administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun is to further cement smooth transition, between the incumbent government and the incoming one’.

“We had a very robust discussion this morning and we are very glad that the incumbent administration is well prepared for the transition. We have been working on this for quite a while and we are going to continue to exchange information in the next few weeks so that by  May 28, when the hand -over will place, all the things that we need,  will be handed over to us’, she added. 

“We need to get information from the outgoing government so that we can start to plan and when we get to office on May 29, we can hit the ground running. Government is a continuum and there should be no gap and I am happy they have said they will oblige us with necessary information to be able to do our planning prior to May 28’, Salako- Oyedele said

“The government team came to the meeting and they have briefed us what they have done to date. We have given them a list of information we require from them and we have both agreed on the time the information will be provided’, she said.

“We shall then be having subsequent meetings to review whatever they have and we will continue with that on a cycle until the May 21 which will be our last meeting so they can have a week to prepare their report to be handed over on the May 28’, she said.

Penpushing further reports that, Secretary to the State Government while also speaking with journalists said Governor Amosun had directed that all necessary assistance and co-operation should be rendered to the team of the governor-elect.

The Government Scribe expressed delight that the meeting had turned out successful, adding that the committee will ensure harmonization of programmes ahead of the inauguration of the new government on May 29.

His words, “Our brief from the governor is to render all assistance, all cooperation and everything the team from the governor – elect requires. The Deputy Governor- Elect has been very sincere to tell you that they were impressed with what they met on ground’.

“They have their programmes and we have our programmes and we have started to harmonise those programmes.  In the next few days and weeks, you will see the full implementation of these programmes,” he said