Indication emerged on Wednesday that the names of new set of Commissioners in Oyo State have been fully compiled and forwarded to the House of Assembly.
The returning Commissioners are that of Youth and Sports, Seun Fakorede; Information, Culture and Tourism, Wasiu Olatubosun; Commerce, Adeniyi Adebisi; and the former Commissioner for Lands and Urban Planning, Abdurahman Abduraheem.
Former Commissioner for Education, Olasunkanmi Olaleye, also made the new list.
It will be recalled that Governor Makinde appointed the former Commissioners on August 14, 2019 and sacked them in July this year with seven of them reappointed on August 6.
It was gathered that the Special Adviser to Governor Makinde on Economic Matters, Prof. Musibau Adetunji, has been nominated as Commissioner for Budget and Planning, while the Incident Manager of the State’s COVID-19 Emergency Operations Centre, Dr.Taiwo Ladipo, has been nominated as the Commissioner for Health.
Makinde had on August 6, after returning seven former commissioners, indicated his administration’s resolve that the new cabinet would soon be fully inaugurated.
