Fayose Suspends Commissioner, Perm Sec Over Negligence
The Commissioner for Education in Ekiti state, Mr. Jide Egunjobi and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Adekunbi Obaise were on Friday suspended by Governor Ayodele Fayose for alleged dereliction of duty.
It was learnt that the governor visited the Ministry located within the State Secretariat along Saliu Adeoti House of Assembly Way and discovered the two officials were not available in their respective offices.
The source said: “The governor’s visit was so sudden and unexpected. And when he got there and couldn’t find them, he was so angry and he dropped a hint at that moment that they will be punished”.
The governor was said to have immediately contacted the Deputy Governor, Professor Kola Olusola, who supervises the ministry and was said to have found it difficult to rationalize the commissioner and the permanent secretary’s absence on their desks.
“When it was apparent through all these investigations that the two officials didn’t take permissions from the expected officials, the governor immediately suspended them”.
Mrs. Obaise, according to another source close to the ministry had traveled to Ibadan for his PhD convocation ceremony today (Friday), this he said prevented her from reporting in the office.
“Mrs Obaise went for his PhD graduation ceremony in Ibadan. Even, she was supposed to have proceeded on annual leave long before now.
“So, I think the Commissioner must have gone to Ibadan to celebrate with her, because his own family too is in Ibadan, maybe he used the opportunity to see his wife and children”, he recounted.
The two suspended officials have received accolades from Fayose in recent time for cooperating with Professor Olusola for Ekiti to come first in National Examinations Council(NECO) in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
The governor, it would be recalled over a year ago dramatically suspended the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Modupe Alade, for alleged incompetence and was later recalled through the intervention of powerful individuals within the state and beyond.