…Nominates Akoko North-West indigene as Commissioner for Special Duties
Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the appointment of one Commissioner, three Special Advisers, 90 Senior Special Assistants and 910 Special Assistants as part of efforts to strengthen governance and improve service delivery in the state.
The appointments were contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan.
According to the statement, Erelu Taibat Yemi Oloruntoba from Akoko North-West Local Government Area has been nominated as Commissioner for Special Duties.
Her name has subsequently been forwarded to the Ondo State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation.
The governor also approved the appointment of three Special Advisers.
They are Hon. Abimbola Fajolu from Ileoluji-Okeigbo Local Government Area, Special Adviser on Environment; Chief Ade Adeniyi from Ondo West Local Government Area, Special Adviser on Rural and Community Development; and Mr Muyiwa Ogunyemi from Akoko North-East Local Government Area, Special Adviser on Transport.
The statement also listed some of the 90 newly appointed Senior Special Assistants.
Among them are Erelu Toyin Ogungbure, SSA on Women Mobilisation (South); Bidemi Obayangbon, SSA on Forestry; Gboluge Olufunmi Alex, SSA on Community Engagement (South); Hon. Akin Adeniyi, SSA on Community Engagement (Central); and Obayan Theophilus Ayodeji, SSA on Community Engagement (North).
Others include Kelvin Solomon, SSA on Students Affairs; Adeolu Iwakun, SSA on Volunteer Services; Samson Job Bazuaye, SSA on Oil and Gas; Fade Ojamomi, SSA on Youth Empowerment and Job Creation; and Sam Adepoju, SSA on Public Engagement.
Also appointed are Alhaji Samad Orijeminiyi, SSA on Scholarship; Mr Victor Omodara, SSA on Grassroots Mobilisation; Abayomi Adefolalu, SSA on Photography; Alhaji Abdukadiri Adenoyi, SSA on Non-Indigenes; Prince Nzuoma Egbulefu, SSA on Non-Indigenes; and Alhaji Garba Goni, SSA on Non-Indigenes.
The state government said the full list of the 90 Senior Special Assistants and 910 Special Assistants would be released at a later date.
The appointments, according to the statement, take immediate effect.
The latest appointments bring the number of newly appointed political aides to 1,003, comprising one commissioner, three special advisers, 90 senior special assistants and 910 special assistants.
The statement was signed by Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State, on August 20, 2026.
