Gov. Makinde Reverses Perm. Secs’ Appointments; Others Panicking

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led government in Oyo State on
Friday May 31, 2019 reversed the appointment of 15 new permanent
secretaries, pointing out that the reversal was part of the
fulfillment of the promises of the new administration to review all
new contracts and appointments made by the immediate past
government led by Senator Abiola Ajimobi.

Governor Seyi Makinde announced this reversal at a meeting he
held with all permanent secretaries in the state stressing that
those affected were the civil servants promoted to that cadre in
the last three weeks.

Speaking on the development, the spokesman of the governor,
Prince Dotun Oyelade, said: “Governor Makinde will be very
consistent and finicky with all his campaign promises and this is
not an exception.

The governor said that all transactions either contractually or
in terms of appointments and promotions that were done especially
between Monday March 11 and May 28 would be given closer scrutiny
particularly because of the obvious mischief that has been
introduced into the whole governance within this period.

So, it’s true that during the campaign period, the governor
promised that the people of the state would not have him in the
Governor’s Office to embark on distractive traditional probe but
the brazen attitude that bothers on attempt to block the success of
the current administration has made the governor to decide the
latest course of action which is to reverse many of the policies
and actions of the Ajimobi administration at the eve of his exit
because they were borne out of malice”.

He added, “So, just like he made good the promise to cancel the
N3, 000 paid by parents on their public secondary school children
and open the Governor’s Office flyover for every citizen of Oyo
State, in the same manner he is dealing with the issue of the
appointment of the permanent secretaries and civil servants”.

With these developments, some people in the state, especially
civil servants, are already jittery, as they are not sure who the
axe of the new governor will fall on next.

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