Oyebanji reappoints sacked commissioners

Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has forwarded a list of nominees to the State Assembly for screening and consideration for appointment as commissioners in a bid to reconstitute his cabinet.

The list comprised commissioners who were members of the State Executive Council that was dissolved by the governor on August 10, 2025.

The governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Olayinka Oyebode, in a statement on Monday, December 1, said the decision to re-present the former commissioners for consideration by the State Assembly was jointly taken by the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and critical stakeholders of the party in Ekiti State, after urging Oyebanji to retain the team.

According to Oyebode, the decision was hinged on the need for the party to go into the June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship election as a united family.

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“It is believed that appointing a new set of commissioners barely seven months to the election could be counter-productive,” the governor’s aide stated.

It would be recalled that the party leadership, the leadership of various towns and communities, and other critical stakeholders worked with the screening committee set up by Oyebanji, in the selection, nomination, and appointment of the Commissioners and and other appointees in 2023.

Governor Oyebanji, had at the inception of his administration, said the party and leaders of various towns and communities in Ekiti 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.

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