Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has dismissed the Chairman of the Microcredit and Enterprise Development Agency, Abayomi “Lustay” Olumide.
Oyebanji in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Olayinka Oyebode said the removal took effect immediately and was linked to gross misconduct and dereliction of duty.
The governor also directed Olumide to hand over all government properties in his possession to the agency without delay.
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The development came just days after Oyebanji, who is seeking re-election for a second term, dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect.
In announcing the dissolution, the governor directed all affected Commissioners and Special Advisers to hand over to the Permanent Secretary or the most senior civil servant in their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
Oyebanji expressed gratitude to the outgoing members of the cabinet and wished them success in their future endeavours.
However, the dissolution did not extend to certain key offices. Exempted were the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice; the Commissioners for Health and Human Services, Agriculture and Food Security, Education, Works, and Trade, Investment, Industry and Cooperatives.
Also unaffected were the Special Adviser on Special Education and Social Inclusion, and the Special Adviser on Lands, Survey and e-GIS.
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Similarly, all Directors-General who sit as members of the State Executive Council retained their positions.
They include the Director-General of the Office of Transformation and Service Delivery (OTSD), the Director-General of SDGs and Project Monitoring, and the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
