The Oyo State Local Government Service Commission has released 1,535 promotion letters to staff members across the 33 local government areas of the state in fulfillment of the 2025 promotion exercise.

The letters covering promotions from Grade Level 06 to 17 were released to the prompted workers of the Commission and across seven departments of all the local governments of the state.

In a statement signed by the Director of Education and Social Services, Lala Olufunmike Foluso, made availabe to journalists in Ibadan on Tuesday, said the departments include: Administration and General Services (288); Agriculture and Natural Resources (57); Budget, Planning, Research and Statistics (40); Education and Social Services(431); Environmental Health Services (44); Finance and Supplies (315); and Works, Housing, Lands and Survey (360).

Presenting the letters on behalf of the Commission, the Chairman, Akinwale Akinwole, said the exercise was premised on Governor ‘Seyi Makinde’s unwavering commitment to workers’ welfare, motivation and career progression.

Akinwale described the promotion as a clear demonstration of the present administration’s pledge to building a professional, efficient, and well-motivated local government workforce that can deliver quality service to the people at the grassroots.

“The promotion is a clear demonstration of the present administration’s commitment to building a professional, efficient and well-motivated local government workforce capable of delivering quality service to the people at the grassroots,” Akinwale said.

“This administration under the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde understands that a motivated workforce is the engine room of good governance. The prompt release of these promotion letters is in line with his resolve to ensure that no civil servant is stagnated and that hard work is duly recognised and rewarded,” he added.

The chairman while congratulating the newly promoted officers, urged them to see the promotion as both a reward for past diligence and a call to greater responsibility in service delivery across all the local governments and the Commission.

“See the promotion as both a reward for past diligence and a call to greater responsibility in service delivery across all the local governments and the Commission,” the chairman charged the beneficiaries.

Akinwale also reiterated the Commission’s commitment to ensuring regular and timely promotion exercises, capacity building, and improved welfare packages for staff in line with the Omituntun 2.0 agenda of the Makinde-led administration.