Aregbesola Vs Ex-Commissioners: Vacate Govt. Quarters Now

  Two weeks after the send -off party organized by Governor  Rauf Aregbesola for commissioners who served in the executive cabinet in his first term, some of them are yet to vacate their official residences as directed. 

    This leaves the state government with no option than to go tough as those  who are still occupying their official quarters have been slammed with an ultimatum of Wednesday, February 22, to vacate the apartments.

This was contained in a circular from the office of the Governor, and signed by one Mrs Kolawole, who is the Permanent Secretary, Head of General Service.

A reliable source in the office of the governor  told our reporter that the Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola  handed down the directive in anticipation of a new cabinet, before leaving for lesser hajj over the weekend.

 TimeNewsNg  had earlier in January reported that a circular was issued from the office of the chief of staff to governor Aregbesola, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, directing the former cabinet members to vacate their apartments.

Although, the reason given for the eviction was to create room for renovation, it was authoritatively gathered that the directive became necessary so as to forestall any friction between the former, and the incoming cabinet members.

However, some of the ex- commissioners have been making last minute moves to meet up with the time line, as general feelings in the state suggest that many of the ex- commissioners might not make it back ino the cabinet.

A public affairs analyst , Mr Babatunde Ifeoluwa in a chat with TIME NEWS said it was wrong for ex-commissioners to still be occupying official quarters even after the dissolution of the cabinet about 2 years ago.

He expressed displeasure over what he described as "executive impunity" and urged media and civil society organisations(CSO) alike to always live up to their callings as the watchdog of the society, and check the excesses of political class.

Ifeoluwa stressed that  society could attain egalitarianism with political impunity and abuse of privileges, saying all hands must be on deck to institutionalise "functional and ideal political system".