Tag: Dapo Okubadejo

JUST IN: Ogun Gov Downgrades Six Ex-Commissioners To SAs

Gbenga Adeoti

Dr. Tomi Coker, Dapo Okubadejo, Jamiu Akande Omoniyi, Oluwasina Ogungbade; Full list of Ex-Commissioners now special advisers Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has appointed some of his immediate former commissioners as Special Advisers. The new Special Advisers are to oversee the ministries where they served in the first term of the Governor as Commissioners. According to a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Alhaji Waheed Adesina, the former Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Okubadejo would serve as Special Adviser in the same ministry, while the immediate…

Read More

Ogun Picks Holes in Counterpart Funding Template, Canvasses Review

Gbenga Adeoti

“A situation where you say out of about $250 million, $50 million was meant to be for technical assistance and hiring consultants is not tidy enough,” Finance Commissioner confronts International Economic Relations Department (IERD), Federal Ministry of Finance   The government of Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria, has called for the review of the terms and conditions for accessing counterpart funded projects from international donor agencies, contending that the current arrangement is no longer in tune with current economic realities in the country. Platforms Africa reports that the State Commissioner for…

Read More