The Permanent Secretary of Oyo State Local Government Service Commission, Deacon Taiwo Olafimihan Adewale has called on all civil/public servants particularly the local local government staff across the state, especially those working in the eleven Local Governments in Ibadan land, to attend as a matter of duty the annual Interfaith Prayer Service scheduled for Monday 6th January, 2025 at the State Secretariat, Ibadan, to praise God’s faithfulness over their lives and also to appreciate Governor Seyi Makinde for raising the bar of the service through significant innovative ideas and iconic projects in the past five years of his administration.
This is contained in press statement issued in Ibadan on Sunday by Femi Ogundipe, Director of Education and Social Services (Information & Public Relations) of the Commission and made available to newsmen.
The Permanent Secretary stated that in the recent years, the Service has witnessed positive developments, which among others include; steady career progression through the clearance of backlog of six promotion arrears, commissioning of iconic office complex tagged LOCAL GOVERNMENT HOUSE, approval and implementation of #80,000 minimum wage, on-going mass recruitments and the recent appointment of 45 Permanent Secretaries, among whom are six senior personnel from the Local Government Service.
All these, he asserted, have taken the service to higher pedestal and particularly the increased numbers of local government personnel among the newly appointed Permanent Secretaries which he viewed as special new year gifts to the local government service. “All these, deserve commendation and celebration”, he said.
Deacon Adewale, therefore, charged all the local government staff, particularly those working in the eleven (11)Local Governments in Ibadan land, excluding those on essential services, to attend enmasse the Interfaith Service, to avail themselves of the opportunity to appreciate God for these significant feats thereby demonstrating their unalloy support for Governor Makinde – led administration and its development efforts as well as gratitude of His Excellency’s consistent kind gestures to the workers of Oyo State.
