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Ekiti gov suspends SSG

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December 4, 2015

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Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has suspended the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Modupe Alade, for alleged incompetence.

This is conveyed in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Idowu Adelusi and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.

Fayose, according to the statement, said the suspension would last for three months.

It said the governor directed Head of Service (HoS) of the State, Dr. Gbenga Faseluka, to oversee the office pending her resumption.

I will be recalled that Alade was the Treasurer of Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation prior to the 2014 Ekiti governorship poll before her appointment as Secretary to the State Government.

She retired from the state civil service as a Permanent Secretary. She worked in ministries of education, local government affairs, among others.

She hails from Ifaki Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the State.