The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has made his first two appointments after being sworn in as the state governor at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion, Ado-Ekiti.
The governor’s first appointment was retaining Yinka Oyebode as his Chief Press Secretary.
Oyebode was the CPS to the immediate past governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, during his first and second terms.
The Head of Service, Bamidele Agbede, who disclosed this on Sunday evening in a statement titled, ‘Appointment of CPS, said, “The Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has appointed Mr Oyebode as the CPS to the Governor. The appointment takes immediate effect”.
In a statement titled ‘Appointment of the SSG, the CPS, Oyebode, announced an academic, Dr Habibat Adubiaro, as the Secretary to the State Government.
The statement read, “The appointment takes immediate effect”.
Aside from the two appointments, Oyebanji directed the State Government accounts to freeze immediately.
The statement titled “Freezing of state government accounts”, said that the governor had also frozen the accounts of the state government with immediate effect.
The CPS said, “All accounting officers and financial institutions are urged to comply with this directive.”