tongues wagging with the swearing-in of a 72-year-old
illiterate carpenter, Pa Olatunde Afolayan, as the
caretaker chairman of Moba Local Government.
The governor, immediately after the inauguration held
at Abiodun Adetiloye Hall, Trade Fair Complex, Ado
Ekiti, also appointed a graduate to serve as the Personal
Assistant of the septuagenarian.
He also swore in two other caretaker chairmen during
the ceremony. The appointees, Mrs. Omolara Bayode
Ayeni (Ikole) and Owolabi Ajewole (Ijero) were
appointed to replace their predecessors who recently
resigned their appointments.
Fayose also swore in the new chairman of the State
Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Justice
Kayode Bamisile a former Chief Judge of the state and
other members of the commission to set the stage for
the conduct of the local government polls before the end
of the year.
Elated by his appointment, Pa Afolayan, commended the
governor for the kind gesture, saying: “What I expected
was for the governor to make me a ward chairman. I
have never gone to school for a day, but that does not
diminish my intelligence. I may not be educated or
certificated, but I have the e__xperience to pilot the
affairs of the council. I promise to surpass the records
left behind by my predecessors to justify Governor
Fayose’s assertion that local people are intelligent and
visionary.”
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