Lagos appoints Olabode Agoro Head of Service, replaces Hakeem Muri-Okunola
By Ishaya Ibrahim
Lagos State government has appointed Mr. Olabode Shuaheeb Agoro, the Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau, as the new Head of Service.
He becomes the State’s 22nd Head of Civil Service. The appointment takes effect from September 30, 2023.
Agoro succeeds Mr. Hakeem Olayinka Muri-Okunola who President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed as his Principal Private Secretary (PPS) last week.
TheNiche had exclusively reported Muri-Okunola’s appointment on Saturday, September 16.
Muri-Okunola, who was Personal Assistant to Tinubu when he was Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, will resume in his new office on September 30, the same day that Agoro will step into his shoes in Lagos.
Agoro’s appointment was announced via a circular signed by Hakeem Muri-Okunola on Thursday, September 21.
The circular titled, “Appointment of Mr. Agoro, Olabode Shuaheeb as the 22nd Head of Service, reads:
“It is hereby notified for general information that Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State has approved the appointment of Mr. Agoro, Olabode Shuaheeb as the 22nd Head of Civil Service. The appointment is to take effect from 30th September, 2023.
“It is expedient to note that the new Head of Service joined the Lagos State Public Service on 1st July 2003 and had since served the State meritoriously before his elevation to the status of a Permanent Secretary on 3rd August, 2015.
“Until this appointment, Mr. Agoro, Olabode Shuaheeb, who succeeds Mr. Hakeem Olayinka Muri-Okunola, was the Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau.
“To this end, all Public Servants are hereby enjoined to accord the newly appointed Head of Service all necessary support required to consolidate on the achievements of his predecessors and, by extension, take the State Public Service to greater heights. Without prompting, all Public Servants are expected to consistently exhibit the time-tested Public Service Values such as commitments, integrity, transparency, accountability, probity and loyalty in the discharge of their assigned responsibilities.
“While wishing the new Head of Service a most rewarding and successful tenure of Office, Accounting Officers are hereby enjoined to take note of this Circular and give it the widest publicity it deserves.”