Mr Soji Eniade, the outgoing Head of Service for Oyo State now knows his successor as he prepares to join the state’s Governor Abiola Ajimobi as his Executive Assistant on Administration.
The new in-coming HOS is Mrs Hannah Olawumi Ogunesan.
The Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli, who conveyed the appointment through a statement, on Friday, said the new development was a sequel to the retirement of Eniade from the state’s civil service.
The statement also announced the appointment of the outgoing HOS as Executive Assistant, Administration, to the governor “in view of his sterling performance” during his tenure as the number one civil servant.
His appointment also takes effect from Thursday, February 8, 2018.
Ogunesan, who joined the public service of the state on April 1, 1989, has served in various capacities before her current appointment as permanent secretary in the state’s ministry of local government and chieftaincy matters, on July 1, 2015.
The new HOS is an alumnus of the London School of Economics’ Executive Summer School, where she completed an approved programme on Strategic Decisions in Management.
She holds a Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Business Administration from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye) and the University of Ado-Ekiti (now Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti), respectively.
Eniade becomes the second EA to the governor, who had earlier appointed a two-time commissioner in the state’s education and agriculture ministries, Dr. Moronkola Thomas, in a similar capacity in March, 2017.
Alli said, “Mr. Eniade has meritoriously and brilliantly served the state in various capacities prior to his appointment as HOS in August 2014.
“In view of his sterling performance as HOS, His Excellency, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has equally approved his appointment as Executive Assistant (Administration) to the governor, in the Governor’s Office.”
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