Ekiti State Governor, Engr. Segun Oni, has said his new cabinet would comprise accomplished individuals who have made their marks in their various fields of human endeavour.

Speaking while swearing-in Mr. Samuel Adekunle as the new Chief of Staff in Ado, Oni said his administration is fully committed to harnessing the vast human and material resources available in the State in its bid to make the state the best state in Nigeria. He said his administration would take full advantage of the size of the State by judiciously utilizing its available resources.

“We are not aspiring to be the biggest State in Nigeria. What we are aspiring for is to be the best. With just 6,000 sq. km, we are just 1/4 the size of Oyo State, 1/3 the size of Ondo State and half the size of OsunState. We have all the manpower required to make the State great and we are fully committed to maximally utilizing these potentials to our advantage”, Oni said.

The Governor said the focus of his administration was to transform the State faster than ever before through rapid infrastructural development, human empowerment in the quality of Education and Health care delivery.

“In our previous 21 months in office, we succeeded in improving the road density in the state to the West Africa average. We are taking water supply from 10 percent to almost 70 percent, Primary and Secondary Schools pupils in Ekiti no longer sit on bare floor. In fact our integrated schools furniture programme has now continue to move in leaps and bounds that are the more reason why we need likes of Mr. Adekunle and other accomplished sons and daughters of Ekiti to join us on this mission”, he said.

He paid glowing tributes to the former Chief of Staff, Barrister Segun Ilori saying he would always be relevant in his administration.

Oni said his administration would soon lay the foundation stone of the new General Hospital in Ado following the upgrading of the existing one into the University of Ado Ekiti Teaching Hospital.

Responding, the new Chief of Staff Mr. Adekunle promised to make loyalty, service and diligence his watchwords.

He expressed appreciation to Governor Oni for the opportunity given him to serve the people of the State.

Mr Adekunle is a 1970 graduate of History, Economics, Geography from the University of Ibadan and retired as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service in 2007.