Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has sacked Dr Yinka Adepoju as Director General, Oyo State Signage and Advertisement Agency (OYSAA), Nigerian Tribune reports.
Adepoju received an official letter terminating his appointment last week after a meeting between Ajimobi and selected members of the executive council on Wednesday.
The meeting had been convened by Ajimobi to examine activities of OYSAA over the course of the past years and moving forward.
However, views of the various parties at the meeting were said to have differed and agreement on some issues were not reached.
When Nigerian Tribune called Adepoju on the development, he said, “I am no more the Director-General, OYSAA, Dr Yinka Adepoju, and that is all; whichever way, whether I resigned or my appointment was terminated, life has to go on.”
On who oversees the agency henceforth, state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Toye Arulogun said an interim management committee had been set up, which he is a member of.
Insideoyo.com recall that Adepoju is the pioneer Director-General of signage Regulatory Agency established during the first term of the Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi as part of the new thing that his government introduced to modernize Oyo State and return it to its pace setter status.
He also doubles as the Special Adviser on Signage and Advertisement to the Governor. In a recent interview, he had said he would have love Ajimobi to have a third term if not for constitutional issues.
Source: Nigerian Tribune
