Ekiti state governor Kayode Fayemi has approved the dissolution of boards and commissions in the state.
This was revealed in a circular in Ado-Ekiti signed by Tajudeen Adejum, the permanent secretary to the Office of the Secretary to the State Government.
The government’s dissolution would take effect from August but it would exclude the statutory commissions stipulated in section 197 of the Nigerian Constitution 1999, as amended.
Special advisers (non-cabinet members), technical advisers, director-generals, coordinators, and other heads of non-ministerial offices, are among other appointees whose appointments were also terminated.
The circular noted that Fayemi’s decision was a means to ensure adequate preparation to bring in the incoming administration and aid the early processing of the terminal benefits of political officeholders.
The circular admonished the dismissed officials to “hand over all government property in their possessions to the accounting officers or the most senior career officers in their ministries, departments, and agencies.”
The governor will vacate his seat for his incoming successor Biodun Oyebanji on October 16, after the latter won the June 18 governorship poll as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a memo signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Foluso Daramola, in Ado-Ekiti, at the weekend, the governor had approved the termination of the appointment of all his political aides with effect from July 31.
The governor’s actions according to the memo were in adherence with the state’s transition law to ensure payment of entitlements of the affected appointees and their terminal benefits.
