Ibadan (Nigeria): Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has constituted an 11-member planning committee for the organisation of the 50th anniversary celebration of the state.
The governor, in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Mr Segun Ogunwuyi, announced the appointment of Mr Akinade Fijabi, a former member of the House of Representatives, as Chairman of the 11-member committee, on Monday in Ibadan.
Other members of the committee include a former Head of Service of the state, Alhaja Ololade Agboola; Dr Z.O. Ajuwon; Mustapha Razaq; Alhaja Fatimah Azeez; S.A. Adejumo; and Pastor John Alabi.
Also on the committee are Alhaji A.K. Bello, Mr Fatai Owoseni, and the Director General of Protocol, Mr Samuel Badejo, while Mrs Roke Adedayo will serve as Secretary.
The appointment, as stated in the letter, was effective immediately.
Oyo State was created on February 3, 1976, when the former Western State of Nigeria was divided into three states: Oyo, Ogun, and Ondo, under the regime of the late General Murtala Mohammed.
Initially, the state included what is now Osun State, which was carved out in 1991.
