Amosun
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has shown the way forward for Nigeria by appointing two non-indigenes, Ndimele Emmanuel Ofor (Abia State) and Steve Olusegun Ipinniwa (Kogi State) as permanent secretaries into the Ogun State Civil Service. Both are among 14 new permanent secretaries appointed by the governor.
Ofor, Ipinniwa and the others were sworn in yesterday by Amosun at the State Executive Council Chambers in Abeokuta.
Amosun said hard work rather than where people come from should be the basis for promotion.
He emphasised that Nigerians should move away from ethnicity and emphasise more on hard work.
The governor said: “I congratulate all of you who are being elevated as permanent secretaries today. I particularly want to congratulate Mr. Ofor. Some people said he is a non-indigene. But I don’t see it that way.
“I believe that if someone has been serving in a place for 20 to 30 years, he can no longer be called a non-indigene. He has been with us and he has worked with us. He is now part of us. He cannot be called a non-indigene. It will be unfair and unjust to deprive someone who worked for you his deserved elevation on account of where he comes from.
”As a nation, we need to move away from things like ethnicity and emphasise more on hard work.”
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