The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Pharm. (Mrs) Folukemi Aladenola was at the weekend feted by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, her friends, family and colleagues as she clocked the landmark age of 50 years.
Aladenola while speaking at the ceremony was grateful to God for keeping her alive to see 50 years.
She appreciated everyone who had been instrumental to her uplift in her sojourn in life, especially her mother, who had been there for her through thick and thin, her husband who had loved her limitlessly, the bosses she worked with in the Ondo state civil service, her children, who have been her source of strength and all her professional colleagues as well as, all the staff of the Ministry of Health, who have been a family to her.
She specifically appreciated the Governor of Ondo state, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for the confidence he had in her and for the support he continued to give the Ministry of Health.
Friends and Family described Aladenola as resourceful, dutiful, intelligent, hardworking and highly cerebral.
The celebration which was heavily attended by top government functionaries had, the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu represented by his son, Mr Babajide Akeredolu; the Special Adviser to the Governor on Union Matters and Special Duties, Mr Dare Aragbaye; Permanent Secretaries, Civil Service Commission, Mr Segun Odusanya; Teaching Service commission, Mrs Tolu Adeyemi; Ministry of Regional Integration and Diaspora Relations, Mrs Lola Amuda; Office of Establishment and Training, Mrs Dare Atunse; Office of the Deputy Governor, Mr Gbenga Akingbasote; State Information Technology Agency, Dr Niran Ikuomola, and Director General, Contributory Health Commission, Dr Abiodun Oyeneyin.
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