Ondo state gets new deputy governor
The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has nominated Olayide Adelami, a former Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, as his Deputy, following Wednesday dissolution of the State Executive Council by the Governor.
Penpushing reports that Adelami’s nomination is believed to be in line with pressure from political leaders in the northern senatorial zone to appoint a Deputy Governor from Owo in honour of the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ebenezer Adeniyan, who confirmed the development on Wednesday, said name of the nominated Deputy Governor as at the time of filing this report has been forwarded to the Ondo State House of Assembly for confirmation and announcement.
Penpushing further reports that the profile of Adelami has it that he hails from Owo, Ondo State, was born over six decades ago to the family of Oluka Oribokun by Pa and Mrs Amos Adelami, and graduated from the Imade College in Owo.
The nominee later proceeded to The Polytechnic, Ibadan for his General Certificate of Education(GCE A) level, and the University of Lagos for his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and thereafter bagged an MBA degree from the Ogun State University.
Penpushing also reports that Adelani after the completion of the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in June 1983, was enlisted into the Federal Civil Service as an Accountant II in December 1983.
The nominated Deputy Governor resumed at the Treasury Department of the Accountant General of the Federation office and in 1988, he was later posted to the National Assembly Provisional Office, Abuja as one of the pioneer staff of the Constituent Assembly, which metamorphosed into the present-day National Assembly.
Penpushing reports that in the discharge of his duty, he had the singular privilege of setting up the Finance and Accounts department of the National Assembly as it is now known, while in 1996, he was invited to help in setting up the Accounts Department of the Petroleum Special Trust Fund.
The incoming Deputy Governor, after completion of these tasks, he was also called upon to serve at the Family Support Trust Fund where, again, he helped set up the Finance and Accounts department, and headed these departments between 1996 and 2000.
Penpushing further reports that the profile stated that it is noteworthy that the project of National Hospital, Abuja was executed and delivered during Adelami’s service period, noting that his sterling performances, years of experience and reputation as an astute manager of resources with enviable integrity saw himbeing recalled to the National Assembly in 2000 to strengthen the Finance department.
The Deputy Governor nominee, three years later, was made the Head of the Finance and Accounts department, a position he remained till 2007 when he was confirmed as a Director, and the following year, he was nominated for a one-year senior management course at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos.
Penpushing also reports that after the completion of his course at the Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies in 2008, he was assigned a bigger task of pioneering the newly created Department of Procurement and Supplies.
The profile emphasized that without a single trained staff in procurement processes, Adelami embarked on the rigorous process of staff training and nurtured the department to an enviable position, while in 2014, he was promoted to the position of Secretary (Permanent Secretary), the Directorate of Procurement, Estate and Works, a position he held until he was appointed as the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, while he remained the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly until his retirement in April 2018.
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