Ekiti State Governor in South-West Nigeria, Biodun Oyebanji, has suspended the newly inaugurated Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Home Affairs, Olaiya Atibioke for two weeks with immediate effect.
The suspension follows Atibioke’s unauthorised departure from the venue of three-day retreat for members of the State Executive Council and Permanent Secretaries held at Bishop Adetiloye Hall, Trade Fair Complex, Ado-Ekiti on Saturday.
According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser, Media to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, the Commissioner had left the venue of the retreat without permission. He was nowhere to be found when commissioners were called upon to sign the performance charter.
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Governor Oyebanji had sat through all the sessions of the three-day retreat which commenced on Thursday. He had, in the course of his presentation, reiterated the administration’s zero tolerance for indiscipline and poor performance.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
