Osun commissioner resigns to take up appointment as chair, Governing Council of Adeyemi College of Education

By Richard Akintade, Osogbo

Immediate past Commissioner for Federal Matters in Osun State, Mrs Idiat Oluwayemisi Babalola, has resigned her appointment to take up a Federal job as chair of the Governing Council of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo.

She described serving under the administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola as a privilege.

Babalola, who recently tendered her resignation from the service of the State sequel to her appointment as Chairman, Governing Council, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, expressed gratitude to Oyetola for his immense assistance while she served under his leadership.

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Meanwhile, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has congratulated Babalola on her federal appointment, adding that her contributions to the development of the State were both commendable and appreciated.

Oyetola also wished Babalola success in her new assignment.

Her resignation from the Osun Executive Council took effect from April 20, 2021.

Meanwhile, the office of the State Deputy Governor has condemned the Daily Post’s report of today, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in which the reporter was said to have mischievously claimed that a ‘source’ from the Osun State Deputy Governor’s office confirmed the purported resignation of Mrs Idiat Babalola, the Commissioner for Federal Matters to him.

According to Olaniyi Ajibola who is a spokesperson to the Deputy Governor in a response to the report, “Obviously, this is a falsehood and a product of illogical and irrational assumption; it is indeed a reflection of dangerous imagination.

“While we have profound respect for Daily Post, as a leading Online platform in Nigeria, with strict adherence to basic principles and ethics guiding journalism, we were however taken aback when we saw a report from the medium quoting an anonymous source from the office of the Deputy Governor on this issue.

“In the first instance, we expected a journalist to be well grounded on governmental structure as regards dissemination of information and right of response; quoting an anonymous source from the Deputy Governor’s office on this issue was an error of sort.

“We became more disappointed when the reporter confirmed to us through a phone conversation that he got the information from someone who quoted an anonymous source from the office of the Deputy Governor; this is a gross error on the part of the reporter, such style is inimical to ethical journalism.

“To put the record straight, the responsibility to respond to any issue of state concern is not within the purview of the Deputy Governor’s office, so, the report is nothing but a dangerous assumption of the author, which defies every logic of truism.

“We, therefore, advise the reporter to get more information on the structure of government and tenets of responsible journalism.”