Gov. Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of 45 new permanent secretaries and three executive secretaries into relevant sectors of the Oyo state.

The approval is contained in a document signed by the head of service, Olubunmi Oni, and made available to journalists on Friday in Ibadan.

The state commissioner for information and orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said in a statement that the new set of appointments was unique.

Mr Oyelade said the development was a clear break from the norm where the mainstream civil servants enjoyed the virtual monopoly of being appointed as permanent secretaries.

“This time, Gov. Makinde has approved for Local Governments to have more Permanent Secretaries than the usual token in time past.

“As a matter of fact, seven new Permanent Secretaries have now been approved in the Local Government sector,” he said.

The commissioner said that the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) would now have zonal executive secretaries.

“Similarly, the health sector will have permanent secretaries to head their zones instead of the usual Heads of Hospitals.”

He recalled that over 23,000 government workers had been recruited and over N143 billion would be paid yearly to the workers from this January.

(NAN)