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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has reappointed four of the commissioners sacked two weeks ago.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ebenezer Adeniyan.
According to Adeniyan, the names of the four persons were part of a list of six commissioner-nominees sent to the House of Assembly for screening and confirmation by the governor.
The nominees are Omowumi Isaac, Olukayode Ajulo, Razaq Obe, Emmanuel Igbasan, Akinwumi Sowore and Oseni Oyeniyi.
Those returning to the cabinet are Obe, Igbasan, Sowore and Oyeniyi.
Aiyedatiwa also appointed three Special Advisers.They are Olugbenga Omole, Special Adviser on Information & Strategy; Olamide Falana, Special Adviser on Gender Affairs; and Alabi Johnson, Special Adviser on Energy.
The nominees were unveiled barely 24 hours after Aiyedatiwa hinted that some of the sacked members of the State Executive Council (SEC) would be reappointed.
The governor had while overseeing the swearing-in of the deputy governor, Dr Olayide Adelami, on Thursday, said some of the sacked cabinet members would return.
“Some of you are coming back soon. Some people have served. Some are waiting and some are still serving and some of you are coming back,” he had said.