Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the re-appointment of Prof. Habibat Adubiaro as Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Oyeniyi Adebayo as Chief of Staff, and Olayinka Oyebode as Chief Press Secretary (CPS), following his inauguration for a second term in office last Friday.

The appointments, which take immediate effect, are the first made by the governor since his inauguration.

Adubiaro, a professor of Chemistry, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Ibadan (UI). She obtained her master’s degree and PhD from the University of Ado-Ekiti, now Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti.

Adebayo, who hails from Usi-Ekiti, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Resources Management and a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan.

Oyebode has extensive experience in journalism, media management and strategic communication.

A graduate of English and Literary Studies from the then Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti (now Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti), Oyebode holds a master’s degree in Peace and Security Studies from the same institution.

He subsequently obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, United States. He has also attended executive programmes at Harvard Business School, INSEAD and the Kellogg School of Management.

He is also an alumnus of the International Journalism Institute, Berlin, Germany, and the Austria Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Schlaining, Austria.

Between 2015 and 2018, Oyebode served as Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Mines and Steel Development. He later returned to Ekiti State as Chief Press Secretary to the Governor from October 2018 to October 2022.

On October 16, 2022, Oyebanji re-appointed him Chief Press Secretary. In 2023, he was additionally appointed Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, combining the two responsibilities until the end of the administration’s first term on October 15, 2026.

The governor congratulated the appointees on their re-appointments and urged them to deploy their wealth of experience, professional expertise and institutional knowledge towards effective service delivery and the continued development of Ekiti State.