Adeleke to Oyetola: Stop plan to appoint new Permanent Secretaries

Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Aeleke, has frowned at the current plans by the outgoing Oyetola administration to appoint 15 new permanent secretaries in the twilight of his governorship.

The spokesperson to the Governor-elect, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, who stated this, said reliable reports from the Government House showed that the Governor is already compiling names of his loyalists he planned to appoint as Permanent Secretaries.

“In fact, the plan is at the advanced stage as the appointees may be announced any moment from now.

“We note that Oyetola has been running the government with just about nine permanent secretaries for the past three and half years. How he came about the idea of increasing the number at the twilight of his administration’s tenure is still not clear”, Adeleke stated.

He further stated that as an outgoing Governor, it  could not be a good intention for Oyetola to appoint critical officials like permanent secretaries when a new leader is about to take over the administration of the state.

According to him, the incoming governor has the right to determine the team he will work with, adding that it should be clear that predetermining the make up of incoming government is an effort in futility.

The outgoing Governor’s decision, Adeleke said, was therefore, in bad taste and a continuation of current efforts to destabilise the incoming administration.

“We want to put it on records that the Adeleke administration from November 27, 2022 will re-assess the state of the bureaucracy with a view to enforcing due process and ensure appropriate placement of senior personnel into various positions through an open, transparent, competitive, and merit-based process in the best interest of the state.

“We, therefore, call on Governor Oyetola to shelve the plan as it amounts to exercising appointive power not only at the wrong time but at a time the electorate has anointed a new leader.

“We also call on senior bureaucrats not to accept any Greek gift that may end up hurting their career. To be forewarned, is to be careful!”, the Governor-elect further said.

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