{"id":70611,"date":"2025-07-14T21:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70611"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:19:10","slug":"aiyedatiwa-swears-in-16-commissioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/14\/aiyedatiwa-swears-in-16-commissioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Aiyedatiwa Swears In 16 Commissioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday inaugurated 16 new commissioners, urging them to immediately get to work and help fulfill the administration\u2019s development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in ceremony was held at the International Centre for Culture and Events (The Dome), in Akure, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>In his address, Governor Aiyedatiwa emphasized the need for integrity, patriotism, and a people-first approach in public service.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the appointment of the commissioners followed a careful and merit-based selection process aimed at driving progress across the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you assume office, I urge you to hit the ground running. The people of Ondo State expect nothing but the best from us,\u201d he said. \u201cYour appointments are a testament to your capabilities, and I am confident in your potential to contribute meaningfully to governance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor also issued a strong warning to the commissioners\u2019 families and associates, urging them not to exert undue pressure or seek personal favours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we appreciate the support of your families and friends, they must not put you under pressure with unnecessary demands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are appointed to serve the entire state, not just a few individuals,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He further advised the commissioners to work harmoniously with civil servants and uphold due process in all official dealings.<\/p>\n<p>Assuring other hopefuls, Aiyedatiwa said there were still opportunities to serve the state in various capacities.<\/p>\n<p>The newly inaugurated commissioners are: Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, Ayorinde Olawoye, Ayodele Akande, Alabi Johnson, Alhaji Amidu Takuro, Adewale Akinlosotu, Idowu Ajanaku, Oluwaseun Osamaye, Dr. Tobi Loko, Olaolu Akindolire, Sunday Olajide, Omoyofunmi Segun, Bola Ademuwagun, Leye Akinola, Dr. Banji Ajaka, and Adesoji Afolabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday inaugurated 16 new commissioners, urging them to immediately get to work and help fulfill the administration\u2019s development agenda. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the International Centre for Culture and Events (The Dome), in Akure, the state capital. In his address, Governor Aiyedatiwa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70613,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70611\/revisions\/70613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}