Makinde reshuffles cupboard, removes SSG, proclaims new appointments
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Monday introduced a cupboard reshuffle that noticed the elimination of the Secretary to the State Authorities and the appointment of latest officers.
Based on an announcement by his Particular Adviser (Media), Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Governor Makinde has relieved the Secretary to the State Authorities, Professor Olanike Kudirat Adeyemo, of her appointment “with rapid impact.”
The governor has appointed Professor Musibau Adetunji Babatunde as the brand new Secretary to the State Authorities.
The assertion additional disclosed that Barrister Temilolu Seun Ashamu has been redeployed from the Ministry of Surroundings and Pure Assets to the Ministry of Price range and {Economic} Planning.
Governor Makinde additionally introduced his Senior Particular Assistant on Public Works, Ademola Aderinto, as a commissioner-designate. Aderinto will likely be introduced to the Oyo State Home of Meeting for screening and affirmation.
As well as, the governor accepted the appointment of Honourable Abiodun Adedoja as Particular Adviser on Vitality Safety, whereas Kolawole Elijah Akanmu was named Senior Particular Assistant on Price range and {Economic} Planning.
The newly appointed SSG, Professor Babatunde, is a seasoned economist from the Division of Economics, College of Ibadan. He beforehand served as Chief {Economic} Adviser to Governor Makinde through the governor’s first time period and was later appointed Commissioner for Price range and {Economic} Planning.
Babatunde is an alumnus of the College of Ibadan, the place he obtained his B.Sc in Economics, in addition to his Grasp’s and PhD levels. He was awarded the Doctorate Diploma in Economics on June 30, 2007, and joined the Division of Economics, College of Ibadan, as an Assistant Lecturer on November 1, 2006. He’s at the moment a Professor within the division.
In September 2005, Babatunde was a recipient of the World Commerce Group (WTO) Doctoral Internship Visiting Scholar Assist Award in Geneva, Switzerland.
He additionally emerged because the Total Finest Graduating Pupil within the Grasp of Science diploma in Economics on the College of Ibadan and received the African {Economic} Analysis Consortium, Nairobi, Collaborative PhD Scholarship Award for African students.
His worldwide expertise contains serving as Director within the Industrial Coverage Course in Africa and Home Useful resource Mobilisation for Funding for African Coverage Makers on the United Nations African Institute for {Economic} Growth and Planning, Dakar, Senegal.
Babatunde has consulted on a number of nationwide and state-level {economic} assignments, together with the Nationwide Factsheet on the Impression of {Economic} Partnership Contract on chosen sectors of the Nigerian financial system, export provide response capability constraints in Nigeria, and output market initiatives.
His public sector assignments additionally embrace serving as Chief Guide on the Niger State {Economic} Growth Technique in December 2008 and Coordinating Guide on the Niger State Imaginative and prescient 3:2020 and Native Governments Imaginative and prescient 3:2020 paperwork in March 2010.