As Ekiti Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, dissolves his cabinet, political watchers are keen to see how replacement will play out.
A good number of the cabinet was believed to be loyalists of his predecessor, Kayode Fayemi, who played a major role in his emergence three years ago.
Fayemi’s moves have been suspected to be unclear as he is being linked to the opposition coalition, African Democratic Party.
He has, however, refuted such insinuations as he described as false a claim by an ADC chief, Rotimi Williams, that they were founding members of the party.
Fayemi’s alleged estrangement with President Bola Tinubu has made the relationship between him and Oyebanji suspicious and, analysts believe, reappointments into the may reflect the colour of the state of things.
The governor announced the dissolution of the State Executive Council with immediate effect.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Habibat Adubiaro and made available to newsmen on Monday in Ado-Ekiti.
The statement directed the affected Commissioners and Special Advisers to hand over to the Permanent Secretary or the most senior civil servant in their respective MDAs.
Oyebanji thanked the affected members of the State Executive Council and wished them success in their future endeavours.
The dissolution, however, does not affect the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, as well as the Commissioners for Health and Human Services; Agriculture and Food Security; Education; Works; and Trade, Investment, Industry and Cooperatives.
Also exempted are the Special Advisers on Special Education and Social Inclusion, and Lands, Survey and e-GIS.
“All Directors General who are members of the State Executive Council are to retain their positions.
“These are the Director General Office of Transformation and Service Delivery (OTSD); Director General SDGs and Project Monitoring; and Director General Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP),” the statement said.
