Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of three new members to the state Advisory Council, alongside the appointment and redeployment of other government officials.

The appointments were announced on Friday by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olarenwaju, in Ibadan. The Advisory Council is chaired by legal practitioner Chief Bolaji Ayorinde.

The newly appointed members of the council are Abu Salami, Ezekiel Oyedepo and Lydia Bankole.

In other appointments, Adekunle Bankole has been named Chairman of the Oyo State Hospitals Management Board.

Mrs Adeboyin Oladokun, who previously served as a member of the Oyo State Housing Corporation, has been appointed Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Diaspora Matters.

Abiodun Oluwaseun, formerly Senior Special Assistant on Project Delivery, has been appointed Chairman of the State Project Performance Monitoring Agency.

He replaces Engineer Muftau Salawu, who is the Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Allied People’s Movement.

Ajao Ibrahim Akinsanmi, a former member of the board of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State, has also been appointed a member of the state Housing Corporation.

The appointments and redeployments take effect from Friday, September 18.

The governor congratulated the appointees and urged them to discharge their responsibilities with loyalty, commitment and dedication to the service of Oyo State.