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Outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appointed eight new permanent secretaries to fill existing vacancies.
While details of the appointment were still sketchy as at the time of publishing this report, it was learnt that the appointments took immediate effect.
Meanwhile, the state Governor-Elect, Mr Ayo Fayose, has faulted the appointment, saying Fayemi, who is set to hand-over to him on October 16, was playing politics with issues that have dire consequences on the welfare of the state.
Fayose, in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, on Thursday, said Fayemi’s recent actions have revealed that he was desperate and playing politics of vendetta and putting stumbling blocks in the way of the incoming administration.
The statement reads: “As much as we are not opposed to people progressing in their chosen careers, one finds the recent appointments questionable. The questions the people of the state should help ask Fayemi include which ministries the new permanent secretaries will be attached? Will two permanent secretaries man a ministry? Are there vacancies that the new permanent secretaries will fill?
“It is very ridiculous for Fayemi who has less than two weeks to leave office to appoint permanent secretaries for the incoming administration. It shows how evil the APC is.
“In the last four months, the outgoing government has created 19 new LCDAs, employed 3,000 workers without following due process and right now backlog of salaries of workers are yet to be paid and workers are currently on strike.
“It is evident that Fayemi does not love Ekiti State. His activities are not statesmanlike and honourable. Nigerians should now know that his activities are to put stumbling blocks on the path of the incoming government”.
