<p>The  ;Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has approved the
appointment of Mr. Olatokunbo Joseph Talabi as the Secretary to the State
Government. ;</p>



<p>Also appointed is Alhaji Shuaib
Afolabi Salisu  ;as the governor&#8217;s Chief of Staff.</p>



<p> ;He made known in this press
release that the  ;new SSG comes to the job with a rich private sector
background as a business development professional, banker and entrepreneur. He
was until his appointment the Chief Executive Officer of Superflux International
Limited, a market leader in security printing .</p>



<p>The 57-year-old Talabi holds a 1987
Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Lagos. ;
He also trained at the Citibank School of Banking, Long Island, New York. ;</p>



<p>A pioneer staff of the Guarantee
Trust Bank where he worked in several executive positions,  ;Mr Talabi also
worked at The Nigerian Economist gaining insight on product performance,
 ;sales, marketing and financial management. ;</p>



<p>With over 30 years management
experience,  ;the new SSG is also a boardroom guru, chairing 6  ;corporate bodies and serving on the board of 7
 ;other institutions, including those of
Bitflux Communications, Olabisi Onabanjo University Development Foundation,
ATCO Limited, Fate Foundation and the City of Knowledge Academy.</p>



<p>Tokunbo Talabi is a prolific writer,
who has spoken at many forums across the globe and is the author of the magnum
opus, &#8220;The Minds Game&#8221;. He&#8217;s an affiliate of several professional
associations, among which are National Association of Small and Medium Scale
Enterprises (NASME),  ;Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of
Nigeria (CIPPON)  ;and the Entrepreneurship Development Centre of the Lagos
Business School. ;</p>



<p>He is married and blessed with three
children. ;</p>



<p>Alhaji Shuaib A Salisu, the new
Chief of Staff is an award winning information and communications expert and
accomplished administrator.  ; ;</p>



<p>Fondly called SAS, between 2011 and
2014, Salisu served in the cabinet of the former Ogun state governor as deputy
(and later acting) Chief of Staff.</p>



<p>He holds a 1986 second class (upper)
degree in Computer Science of the University of Lagos; from  ;where he also
got two masters degrees &#8211; an MBA in 2003 and MSc in Computer Science  ;in
2012.</p>



<p>A consummate intellectual, Alhaji
Salisu  ;has diverse and extensive knowledge of the corporate world,
 ;public service and not-for-profit organisations. A certified business
intelligence consultant (CBIC) and fellow of the Computer Society of Nigeria,
he has attended  ; and delivered papers on corporate governance,  ;ICT
and management across four continents and is a respected voice in the ICT
industry. ;</p>



<p>He is credited as a pivotal partner
in the restoration of integrity of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) through computer-based tests.</p>



<p>Before then, he led the World Bank
project that midwifed the transport sector transformation in Lagos state and
was a main ICT consultant in Edo, Ekiti, Kano states and the FCT at different
times.</p>



<p>In his previous
&#8220;incarnation&#8221;, Salisu was a banker at the defunct Equitorial Trust
Bank and Pacific Merchant Bank.</p>



<p>The 55 year old CoS had an early
career in the Oil and Gas sector and worked variously for Total and Mobil
Oil. ;</p>



<p>Until his appointment as the a
senior aide to Gov. Abiodun, Alhaji Salisu runs his private company, Simplex
Automation System, an IT solutions providing company. ;</p>



<p>While announcing the appointments,
Governor Abiodun expressed optimism that the rich pedigree of the duo and their
track record of excellence, commitment and versatility will help his mission to
institutionalise good governance, banish poverty and give dividends of
democracy to the citizens and residents of Ogun state.</p>



<p>Both appointments take immediate
effect.</p>

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