The Director of the Okeho Satellite Campus of the Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology, Eleyele, Ibadan, Sanitarian Olugbenga Ajayi, has been honoured with the Oyo State Merit Award 2024.
This was disclosed in a press statement issued in Ibadan over the weekend by the College’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sola Samuel Ojewole, and made available to newsmen.
Sanitarian Olugbenga Ajayi was among the 42 awardees drawn from various Ministries, Departments, and Government Agencies across Oyo State.
The award ceremony took place at the House of Chiefs, Oyo State House of Assembly Complex, Secretariat, Ibadan, and was presided over by the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, who personally presented the awards to the recipients.
Speaking at the epoch-making event, Governor Makinde congratulated the awardees and urged them to see the recognition as a motivation to do more in the best interest of Oyo State. He noted that the achievements recorded by his administration since 2019 were the result of the collective efforts of the entire state workforce. The Governor described Oyo State workers as excellent and assured them of continued implementation of worker-friendly policies aimed at improving their welfare.
In his keynote address, the Chairman of the occasion and former Head of Service, Mr Soji Eniade expressed satisfaction with the innovative leadership of the incumbent Head of Service, Mrs. Olubunmi Oni, while also commending Governor Makinde for his worker-friendly administration.
Earlier, in her welcome address, the Head of Service, Mrs. Olubunmi Oni, commended Governor Makinde for the prompt payment of salaries, regular promotions, capacity-building programmes within and outside the country, and the recruitment of new workers to strengthen the state workforce.
Speaking with journalists after the award presentation, Sanitarian Ajayi expressed gratitude to Governor Makinde for providing an enabling working environment for the Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology, Eleyele, Ibadan. He appealed to the Governor to do more for the 92-year-old institution to enable it sustain its leading status as a health training institution.
He also commended the College Management, led by the Provost, Pharmacist Oluyemisi Oyewo, for her sterling leadership, which has continued to drive progress at the College and its satellite campus. He further lauded the Chairman of the Governing Council, Honourable Babatunde Olaniyan (Akoro), for his progressive vision for the College.
Meanwhile, the Governing Council Chairman, Honourable Babatunde Olaniyan, and the College Provost, Mrs Oluyemisi Moradeke Oyewo, have congratulated Sanitarian Olugbenga Ajayi on the well-deserved honour, describing the award as a reflection of his dedication, commitment to duty, and painstaking efforts in revamping the once moribund Okeho Satellite Campus.
They urged other members of staff to emulate the awardee by redoubling their commitment to duty, stressing that excellence and hard work are always rewarded. They emphasized that moving the College forward is a collective responsibility that must guide every worker in the discharge of their duties.
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