GOVERNOR MAKINDE SACKS POLITICAL APPOINTEES, DISSOLVES CABINET

The Governor Seyi Makinde, of Oyo State today terminated the appointments of all political officeholders and dissolved the state Executive Council.

This is contained in a letter signed by the Chairman of the Transition and Inauguration Committee, Mr. Segun Ogunwuyi, who doubles as the Chief of Staff to the Governor.

According to the letter issued in Ibadan, Governor Makinde directed all the affected appointees to hand over government properties in their custody to the most senior civil servants in their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

The governor, however, excluded political office-holders in statutory commissions from the directive.