Oyo Deputy Gov Swings Into Action, Meets Head Of Ministries, Parastatals

The deputy governor of Oyo state, Barrister Abdul-Raheem Adebayo Lawal on Friday swung into action after meeting with the three head of ministries and parastatals assigned to his office for supervision including coordinating Director of Housing Corporation.

The meeting, which was held at the Governor’s office, Agodi secretariat, had in attendance hthe read of Ministries of Culture and Tourism, Establishments and Training and Special Duties, and other government functionaries, charging them to key into gGovernorSeyi Makinde’s mission and vision.

While addressing newsmen after the closed-door meeting, the deputy governor who thanked the Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, for the opportunity, said that he had received the news while in Abuja.

He added that he needed to interact with the honorable commissioners and other parastatals, as well as the coordinating director of the using Corporation, for their commitment, loy,alty, and experience to move forward and key into the vision of the governor.

According to Lawal, for the office of the deputy governor to oversee the three ministries and housing corporation, indicates clearly that the Governor has a template that we must follow and also try to have anduring legacies in the ministries.

Regarding Establishment and Training, he declared: “By the mission and vision of His Excellency, Engineer Seyi Makinde, no civil servants would be left unpaid his gratuity as part of the commitment, His Excellency, gave about four to three days ago, and I would work to ensure that this commitment prevails through adequate supervision and strengthening of the ministry.

“The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is a revenue-yielding ministry if properly harnessed and supervised. We must come out of the box and see how we can make use of tourism that we have in large numbers in Oyo state to earn good income. We can make a lot of money from our cultural activities and reinvigorating our culture in the youth.

“While the Ministry of Special Duties which will also be supervised by the office of the deputy governor has a key component activity is the administration of fuel dumb to ensure that transparency is infused in that particular sector in addition to other functions the ministry is performing.”

“Simeon Adebo Staff Development Centre has gone moribund for quite some time now. It is the commitment of this administration under the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde to resuscitate the center which is the pride of the service.

In the time past, even the name, Simeon Adebo, was a seasoned administrator of note. So, we would not allow it to go into moribund. We want to resuscitate it and infuse life into it.

The deputy governor explained that the meeting is basically to explore the commitment of humans to angle their activities much as the government may wish to accomplish, adding that it’s the civil servants, commissioners, and others that will make it happen.

“We must hit the ground running from now on and ensure that we accomplish the target and goals we have set for ourselves.

“We want to assure our people out there that the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde is for them to look after the needs of civil servants, non-civil servants, teachers, market men and women, and readers among others because it is their administration and we are going to cater for them”, he added.