Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi on Thursday reflected on happenings shortly after the dissolution of the cabinet and disclosed that he was under pressure from all sections of the public to field their nominees, before the appointment of the new Commissioners and Special Advisers.

The governor, while speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-appointed Special Advisers Ibadan, said the pressure was borne out of the willingness of several indigenes to serve his administration.

He charged the new appointees to be mindful of the fact that they were selected out of the several other people who were equally qualified, able and willing, and then put in their best to justify their appointment.

According to him, the appointment of a Special Adviser, who is of cabinet rank, is a position of trust and responsibility."You are expected to know more than the commissioners and even me, in order to be able to advise me. Therefore, you must see your appointment as a rare opportunity and discharge your duties to the best of your ability,’’ the governor said.

The governor urged the new appointees not to take with levity the content of their oath of office, averting their minds to the key words therein which he said would be able to make them succeed in whatever portfolio was assigned to them, saying "you have to do justice to all without any fear or favour, as well as subordinate their interests to the interests of the people." stating that if they abided by the dictates of these injunctions, they would do their utmost best.

Ajimobi also urged the new appointees not to take as mere theory their oath to keep secret proceedings at the executive council meeting and asked them to maintain confidentiality in all their endeavours while in government.

He attributed the re-appointment of some of the Special Advisers to their

contributions to the success of his administration during their first appointment, adding ``you made pass-marks, for you to be able to get re-appointed into the cabinet but you must always reflect on your activities in order to notice your areas of imperfection.’’

Governor Ajimobi told the new appointees not to be afraid of criticisms, saying ``whatever you do, people will criticize you; it is normal. Today, people criticize Ajimobi; yesterday, they criticized Alao-Akala; day before, they criticized Ladoja. Many past leaders had equally been criticized. So it is a normal phenomenon’’.