Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed reports,
Ogbeni Dapo Abiodun, the incumbent Governor of Ogun State, has made known the approval and appointment of 29 Liaison Officers for the 20 Local Government Areas of the state.
Track News Nigeria learnt that Abiodun had been under deep pressures from members of the opposition parties who claimed the PDP’s victory in the Osun state governorship election held on Saturday was a signal of the impending loss of his second term.
The appointment has been reported in some quarters of the state as a way to pacify some aggrieved party members who might work against his second term re-election.
Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary of the Governor, who confirmed the approval during the meeting with former-local government appointees, told Track News Nigeria that his principal has appointed Liaison Officers in each of the 20 Local Government Areas of the State.
In a statement issued by the press office presided over by Somorin, it has it that the appointments were made in furtherance of the administration’s inclusive approach to governance, as seen by our Correspondent on Monday.
He noted that it was to boost the Building Our Future Together Agenda and deepen the democracy and that the appointment was to improve Local Government Administration and bring governance closer to the grassroots.
Part of the statement reads: “Governor Dapo Abiodun has appointed Liaison Officers in each of the 20 Local Government Areas of the State.
“The appointments are made in furtherance of the Administration’s inclusive approach to governance, boosting the Building Our Future Together Agenda and deepening democracy.
“It is also to improve Local Government Administration and bring governance closer to the grassroots.”
