Pastor Kayode Olaniyi Ogundele has been appointed the new Ondo State Head of Service.
He will succeed the incumbent Pastor John Adeyemo, who will be bowing out of service on August 2, 2022 upon his statutory retirement.
Thus, Ogundele’s appointment is effective from August 3, 2022.
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olabode Olatunde, in a statement, said: “The appointment is in recognition of Ogundele’s rich experience in the State Public Service and his track records of years of dedication and efficiency.”
He added: “Governor Akeredolu’s approval of the appointment is in line with the provisions of Section 208, Sub-section 3 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended).
Until his appointment, Ogundele was the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet and Special Services Department of the Governor’s office.
He joined the State Public Service as an Administrative Officer in 1994.
Described as an astute and experienced administrator, Ogundele has traversed almost all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the course of his career and rose through the ranks to the position of Permanent Secretary before his appointment.
He holds a Masters Degree in Personnel Psychology and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Administration of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, and graduate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, among other several Professional Qualifications.
Olabode said that the governor “congratulates the new Head of Service, while charging him to sustain the robust relationship between government and Labour leaders in the State.”
