Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has attested to the pedigree, capacity and competence of Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, to succeed as the pioneer Chairman of the newly established South West Development Commission (SWDC).
Oyebanji hailed the confirmation of Senator Adetunmbi and other members of Board of the Commission by the Senate, saying it marks a new dawn in the quest for a new lease of life by the people of South West geo-political zone .
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, Governor Oyebanji specifically thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the appointment of the Ifaki-Ekiti born Senator Adetunmbi as chairman of the SWDC board, adding that his confirmation is a call to duty to take the development of South West to a higher pedestal and deepen its status as a pacesetter for other regions in the country.
Governor Oyebanji also congratulated Mr Deji Ajijola, another Ekiti State indigene on his confirmation as a member of the SWDC Board.
The Governor urged Adetunmbi to justify the confidence reposed in him by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who graciously nominated him for the position and to also make Ekiti proud in the task ahead of him, as he had done in previous assignments.
The Ekiti Governor said the latest assignment affords Adetunmbi another opportunity to make a difference in public service having excelled in long-term and adhoc roles he had the privilege to hold.
Describing the new SWDC chair as a competent servant of the people, Oyebanji said he is endowed with requisite experience both in public and private sectors to hit the ground running at his new duty post.
Oyebanji urged the two-time lawmaker for Ekiti North Senatorial District to discharge his duties as the SWDC with every sense of responsibility, fear of God and unquenchable thirst to make a difference during his tenure of office.
He said: “Senator Adetunmbi is bringing quality, pedigree and competence into this new office and I have no doubt that he will succeed.
“He should be at the vanguard of speeding up development in the South West in areas of agricultural and industrial development, power and water supply, job creation and youth empowerment, road and transport networks thus consolidating South West as the pacesetter in Nigeria.”