Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State governor, has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries for the state’s public service.
According to a statement issued by Gboyega Akosile, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, which cited a circular released on Monday by the Head of Service (HoS), Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the appointments were part of Sanwo-Olu’s giant strides to attain the set objectives espoused in the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda.
Okunola listed former Director of Financial Intelligence and Research at the State Treasury Office, Olujimi Ige, as the new Permanent Secretary at Debt Management Office (DMO); former Director of Finance and Accounts of the State Auditor General, Ajenifuja Kafayat Adetokunbo, Permanent Secretary, Parastatal Monitoring Office, while Adeniji Hakeem Oduyinka, until now was Director of Commerce at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, now Permanent Secretary, Office of the Civic Engagement.
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Also, former Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Thorpe Isaac Olusina, was named Permanent Secretary of the same Ministry, while Dr. Aina Olugbemiga Ayoola, former Medical Director, Massey Street Children’s Hospital, was appointed Permanent Secretary, Primary Health Board.
The statement noted that all the appointments, although with different deployment dates, were with immediate effect.
While new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Strategy, would resume on February 8, his Primary Health Board counterpart would take over the mantle on February 23.
Okunola wished the new Permanent Secretaries a most rewarding and impactful tenure.
