Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appointed
eight new permanent secretaries to fill existing vacancies.
While details of the appointment were still sketchy at the
time of filing this report, The Nation gathered that the
appointments took immediate effect.
Meanwhile, the state Governor-Elect, Mr Ayo Fayose, has
faulted the appointment, saying Fayemi was playing
politics with issues that have serious 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
recent actions by Fayemi showed that he was desperate
and playing politics of vendetta and putting stumbling
blocks in the way of 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 evidence 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.”
Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/fayemi-appoints-eight-new-permanent-secretaries-fayose-kicks/