Oyo gets 45 new perm secs

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of 45 permanent secretaries and three executive secretaries in the state.

Sixteen permanent secretaries were deployed into the mainstream civil service, while six new Inspectors General of Education, six permanent secretaries in the health sector, and seven in the local government sector were appointed.

One of the new Permanent Secretaries was appointed as Clerk of the House of Assembly, while a new Surveyor General was also appointed, with nine new Tutor Generals.

This was disclosed in a statement shared with newsmen by the state Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade.

Oyelade described the new appointments as “unique” and a “clear break from the norm” of appointing mostly mainstream civil servants as permanent secretaries.