Oyo Govt inaugurates nine-member Elders’ council

By Bushrah Adeshina, Ibadan

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated a 9-member Oyo State Elders’ Council to advise on areas where his administration requires improvement.

NewsDirect reports that the Governor inaugurated the council on Tuesday at the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan.

Makinde called on its members to provide his administration with robust suggestions and feedback from across the state.

The Council has its members drawn from all the zones of the state, while a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees and former Chief of Staff to Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, Dr. Saka Balogun, is the chairman and a former Minister of Steel Development, Elder Wole Oyelese is to serve as co-chairman.

Other members of the Council are Engr. Hamid Gbadamosi, a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State; Chief Mrs Mutiat Ladoja, wife of former Governor Rashidi Ladoja; Chief Jacob Adetoro; Chief Adedamola Eyinade; Alhaji Nureni Akanbi; Ambassador Ronke Adefowope and Chief Sunday Ogunlade.

Makinde noted that his administration did its best to uplift the state during the first four years of his first term and had built on that achievement in the last eight months of his second term.

He, however, noted that the government is aware that there is still room for improvement and would stop at nothing to ensure that residents of the state get the best of service.

The Governor said, “We did our best on the four pillars of our administration during the first term. We have some areas which we need to improve upon and the Elders’ Council will provide the platform to look at those areas where we need improvement and come up with suggestions.

“Let me commit that every other month, I will be having a scheduled meeting with the Elders’ Council so that you can contribute, and for us to have a remarkable difference from how we operated in the first term.”