Ambode appoints Folashade Adesoye as HoS

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday approved the appointment of Mrs. Folasade Sidikatu Adesoye as the 20th Head of Service for the State.

She is to take over from Mrs. Olabowale Ademola the outgoing HoS who is leaving as a result of reaching statutory retirement age. The new HoS resumes on November 10, 2017.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Habib Aruna, in a statement said Mrs. Adesoye’s appointment will take effect from November 11, 2017.

The new HoS was first appointed into the Lagos State Civil Service on December 28, 1983 as an Accountant and has served in several ministries.

She was elevated into the Body of Permanent Secretaries in 2010 and was deployed to the Civil Service Pensions Office where she served until August 2015 when she was deployed to the Office of Local Government Establishment, Training and Pensions Office. In 2016, she was asked to serve in the same capacity as Permanent Secretary, Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

Until her appointment, she was the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Governor Ambode thanked the outgoing HOS for her meritorious service to the State and wished her well in her future endeavours.