Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has forwarded a list of nominees to the state House of Assembly for screening and and appointment as commissioners, as he is set to reconstitute his cabinet.
In the list are commissioners affected by the governor’s dissolution of the state Executive Council last August.
In a statement on Monday, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode said that the decision to re-present the former commissioners to the Assembly was jointly taken by the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and critical stakeholders of the party in the state, who impressed it on the governor to retain the team.
The decision was hinged on the need for the party to go into the 20 June 2026 governorship election as a united family. It is believed that appointing a new set of commissioners barely seven months to the election could be counter-productive.
In 2023, the state APC leadership, the leadership of various towns and communities and other critical stakeholders worked with the screening committee set up by the governor in the selection, nomination and appointment of the commissioners and other appointees.
At the inception of his administration, Oyebanji had said that the party and leaders of various towns and communities in the state would play crucial roles in the process leading to the appointment of people into offices in order to make them accountable to the people.
