Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.
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Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has
dissolved his cabinet with effect from December 31,
2020.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye,
disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Ilorin, the state
capital.
“His Excellency especially commends the honourable cabinet
members for their contributions to the development of the state
while also wishing them the best in their future endeavours,”
Ajakaye said in the statement.
However, the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Mamman
Jubril, retained his position in the State Executive Council.
Governor Abdulrazaq also directed the former cabinet members to
hand over to the most senior officers in their respective
ministries.
The cabinet members who were sworn in on December 14, 2019,
comprise at least 56.25% female, the statement noted.
According to the governor’s chief press secretary, this was
remarkably the most gender-friendly cabinet on the African
continent.
The cabinet also had the youngest commissioner in Nigeria.
Governor Abdulrasaq relieved the members of his cabinet a year
after they were inaugurated into office.
He contested the Kwara State governorship election in March 2019
and won on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governor polled 331,546 votes to beat his closest rival,
Razak Atunwa, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who secured a
total of 114,754 votes to emerge second.
He succeeded former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed who was in office
between May 2011 and May 2019.
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The Ondo State Government has described the Chief of Protocol to
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Mr Tosin Ogunbodede, who died in a fatal
crash on Saturday, as a loyal and diligent aide.
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Ogunbodede and his driver with one other person were reportedly
involved in the accident when his car rammed into a truck on the
Akure-Ilesa Expressway.
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While Ogunbodede and the driver lost their lives, the third
occupant of the Toyota Corolla car was injured in the crash and is
said to be receiving treatment in a hospital.
The late Chief of Protocol was said to be returning from Ibadan,
Oyo State, when the accident occurred in Ilesa, Osun State.
In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information
and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo, on Sunday, the government
described the deceased as a responsible legal practitioner.
The statement read in part, “Ogunbodede discharged his assigned
duties with utmost attention and responsibility. Until his untimely
death, he had been a very loyal political lieutenant of Governor
Akeredolu over the years.
“For Governor Akeredolu, this is a personal loss. It becomes
more emotional when it’s recalled that the loyal and dedicated
Tosin stopped by at the governor’s Law Hub, Ibadan, to greet his
principal while returning to Akure from his uncle’s residence.
“Even with a heavy heart, Governor Akeredolu enjoins all to take
solace in the fact of God’s infallibility. He giveth and taketh.
This is just as he expresses the heartfelt condolence of his
immediate family, the government and the good people of Ondo State
to the wife, children as well as the family of his late CoP.”
The statement added that the state government would soon unveil
the burial plans for the deceased after due consultation with his
family.