Osun State Local Government Service Commission, has announced the deployment of five Head of Local Government Administration to new duty posts, as the struggle for the control of council areas in the state deepened.
A letter announcing movement of the affected local government career heads from their previous duty post to the ones, dated January 26, 2025, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mudashir Oyedeji, was obtained in Osogbo by The PUNCH on Tuesday.
The Commission, though did not state reasons for changing the affected HLAs, however, one of the council areas, that will have a new career head is Boripe Local Government, where the immediate past governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, hails from.
According to the letter detailing the new postings, Yakubu Adekunle Oni, currently serving in Irewole North East Local Council Development Authority, has been moved to Boripe Local Government Area.
According to the letter, all the five new HLAs were moved from the Local Council Development Authority to main council areas.
The letter did not however state where those running the affected councils, where the newly deployed HLAs will serve, before the latest postings will be moving to. It partly read further, “I wish to inform you that the Local Government Service Commission has approved the deployment of the underlisted Heads of Local Government.
lfe South West LCDA
Oriade South LCDA
Ede East LCDA
Irewole North East LCDA
Egbedore South LCDA
New station
Ola-Oluwa L.G
Atakumosa East LG
Oriade L.G
Boripe LG
Ife East Central LCDA
“The Officers affected by this deployment are to resume duties with immediate effect.”
The deployment of the HLAs which came amid row involving the Osun State Government and the All Progressives Congress over the control of LGAs in the state, generated diverse reactions from supporters of the state governor, Ademola Adeleke and the members of the main opposition party, the APC.