The Ekiti State Governor, Dr.John Kayode Fayemi has approved the
appointment of new Tutors-General into the State Teaching Service
Commission.
The Tutors-General are for Ekiti North and Ekiti South Senatorial
Districts where two officials just retired. The appointment which
takes immediate effect has Mrs. Adesola Ogunkorode as the
Tutor-General for Ekiti North while Mrs. Omowumi Adewumi is the
Tutor-General for Ekiti South.
Until their respective appointments, Mrs. Ogunkorode was the Principal
of Ijanmodu Grammar School, Ijan-Ekiti while Mrs.Adewumi was the Director of Planning,Research and Statistics department (DPR&S) of TESCOM
While congratulating the new appointees, the Chairman Teaching Service Commission, Hon. Mrs Fola Richie Adewusi enjoined them to brace up for the challenges ahead their new positions of higher
responsibility. She charged them to continue to key into the
educational development agenda and Values Orientation of the present administration.
Justifying the appointment,Mrs Richie said their elevation was in line with the principle of merit based appointment enshrined in the State Civil Service Transformation Strategy as well as their previous performance and in recognition of seniority.
Also, Fola Richie appreciated the dedication to duty of the two retired
Tutors-General: Mrs Rhoda Ojo and Mr Kehinde Isinkaye.
In her remarks, the new Tutor General,Mrs Adewumi lauded the State Governor for the opportunity to serve as Director DPR&S at TSC and for the elevation to TG Ekiti South senatorial District.
She noted that the appointment is a call to service to work harder
than ever before.
She said “we can only receive what the Lord gives but we can’t
downplay hard work and dedication to duty” as she was being meticulous about the mandate the Governor earlier gave, to sanitize the DPR&S .
She advised teachers to be role models ,brace up in their
discharge of duties conscientiously to justify the salary being
received and be loyal to the government of the day.
