Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe and Dr. Maryam Imam as new commissioners.
He asked them to be team players and to key into the administration’s efforts to build on its achievements across sectors.
Dr Olohungbebe got assigned into the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, while Imam is named the Commissioner for Social Development.
The inauguration of the new commissioners has led to cabinet reshuffle as Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu has moved to the Ministry of Tertiary Education, while Dr. Mary Arinde is to lead the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development.
Mr Aliyu Kora Sabi is the Commissioner for the newly created Transportation Ministry, as Olohuntoyosi Thomas Adebayo, formerly of the Agriculture and Rural Development, is now assigned the new Ministry of Livestock Development.
Olohuntoyosi is replaced by Dr. Afeez Abolore, whose Solid Minerals is now to be led by Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh, who was in charge of the Social Development.
Speaking shortly after the inauguration, Governor AbdulRazaq said the new commissioners got a “deserving elevation” from their previous roles as Senior Special Assistants.