Ekiti State Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose has approved the appointments of Dipo Anisulowo as Chief of Staff to the Governor.
Also appointed is Bisi Kolawole as Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment.
According to a press statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the appointments take immediate effect.
Meanwhile, Governor Fayose has promised to overhaul facilities and provide the needed manpower at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti to make it rank well with similar institutions in the country and even globally.
According to Mr. Adelusi, the governor decried the current state of facilities at the hospital.
Fayose, who said he had been given hindsight on the state of the hospital by members of the Transition Committee he put in place before his inauguration, noted that a teaching hospital must not exist in name only.
“A situation whereby a teaching hospital has only one functional ambulance is uncalled for. What happens if there are more than one emergency case to handle at the same time?
“Also, the X-ray machine there has broken down. Patients have to go to private facilities to have x-ray photographs taken and that is a shame. The wards are also not fixed with fans.
“Patients are not treated in comfortable atmosphere and we are not only going to ensure that the place is provided with the necessary facilities, we are going to provide the workers with the tools they need to work with and motivate them appropriately.
“Medical students there have nothing to fear. The Fayose administration, during the first term, started the process of the starting of the College of Medicine and it is unfortunate that eight years after, the medical college is yet to be accredited.
“All efforts to get the College of Medicine run smoothly will be taken and done. Medical students in the hospital have nothing to fear. Our administration will not let them down,” he said.
The governor advised the management of the hospital to also live up to expectation by judicious use of the resources at their disposal.
He warned against any act that could also thwart efforts at re-positioning the hospital for a brighter future.
