Ekiti governor dissolves state boards and ends political appointments
Ekiti Governor Biodun Oyebanji has dissolved boards, commissions and parastatals and terminated the appointments of political aides as his first term approaches its end. The governor’s media adviser said several statutory bodies, tertiary institution councils and selected senior officials were exempted from the changes announced on Sunday.
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has approved the immediate dissolution of boards, commissions and parastatals in the state and ended the appointments of political aides, his office said on Sunday. The governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, said the affected political appointees included special assistants, senior special assistants and technical assistants. The announcement was made in a statement released in Ado Ekiti.
Oyebode said the changes were necessary as the governor’s first term gradually winds down ahead of the inauguration of his second term, scheduled for October 16, 2026. The statement did not provide further details about the process for appointing replacements or reconstituting the dissolved bodies. Several institutions were excluded from the dissolution.
These include the State Independent Electoral Commission, the Civil Service Commission, the House of Assembly Service Commission and the Judicial Service Commission, all of which are statutory boards. The governing councils of state-owned tertiary institutions will also remain in place, in line with earlier directives from the governor. The chairmen of the State Universal Basic Education Board, the Local Government Service Commission and the Teaching Service Commission are to remain in office, although the boards themselves have been dissolved.
Directors-general and technical advisers to the governor were also excluded from the termination of appointments, according to Oyebode. The statement did not specify how many appointees or boards were affected. Oyebanji thanked the departing appointees for their contributions to his administration and their service to Ekiti State.
He wished them success in their future endeavours. The announcement represents an administrative restructuring as the state prepares for the governor’s second-term inauguration. Its immediate effect is to end the tenure of the specified political aides and dissolve the boards not covered by the exemptions listed by the governor’s media office.
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