Governor suspends State’s Secretary for 'incompetence'

dimeji akinloye

December 3, 2015 9:46 PM

Fayose, according to the statement, said the suspension would last for three months.

Ayo Fayose

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has suspended the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Modupe Alade, for alleged incompetence.

This is conveyed in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.

It said the governor directed Head of Service (HoS), of the State, Dr Gbenga Faseluka, to oversee the office pending her resumption.

NAN recalls that Alade was the Treasurer of Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation prior to the 2014 Ekiti governorship poll before her appointment as Secretary to the State Government.

She retired from the state civil service as a Permanent Secretary. She worked in ministries of education, local government affairs, among others.

She hails from Ifaki Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the State.

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