Ogun state government swears in new commissioners, to create additional ministries
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has inaugurated twenty commissioners with portfolios alongside 22 Special Advisers and hinted on creating new ministries to accommodate more people in his cabinet.
Penpushing reports that the commissioners and their portfolios are, Olusina Ogungbade (Justice), Oludotun Taiwo (Forestry), Adebola Sofela (Industry, Trade and Investment), Dr. Tomi Coker (Health), Olufemi Ilori-Oduntan (Rural), Ganiyu Hamzat (Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs), Adijat Adeleye-Oladapo (Women Affairs), Oladapo Okubadejo (Finance), Dairo Olugbenga (Transport).
The others are Prof Abayomi Arigbabu (Education), Olatunji Odunlami (Planning and Urban Development), Bolu Owotomo (Agriculture), Adebowale Akinsanya (Works), Olufunmilayo Efuwape (Special Duties), Oladimeji Oresanya (Environment), Ademola Balogun (Community Development), Jagunmolu Omoniyi (Housing), Wasiu Isiaka (Sports), Olaolu Olabimtan (Budget), Sesan Fagbayi (Culture and Tourism).
Penpushing further reports that Abiodun charged the new cabinet members to prepare for the challenges ahead and to see their appointments as a unique privilege and a call to service, as well as being guided by philosophy of action without blemish.
‘You (appointees) must always be guided by our philosophy of action on the conviction to serve the country without blemish shall become your guidance principal in whatever you do. And wherever you find yourself at any point in time, we are deeply committed to the future together agenda’, he said.
‘You, new commissioners and special advisers have been chosen and found worthy among many others. You must see your appointments as a clarion call to continue to render selfless service dedication, cohesiveness inclusivity visibility with the new team’, Abiodun added.
‘You must always have it at the back of our mind that your appointments are opportunities to prove your mettle. Therefore, you must always try to relate with your colleagues and subordinates alike with concentration and grow the expectation of people to have increased returns for the sacrifices that it made that gave us this mandate. Let me also state your duties to find ministry department and agencies you must ensure is a symbiotic relationship with our civil servants. And all career officers are impacted’, he stated.
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