Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has named Owo-born technocrat, Dr Olayide Adelami as his deputy.

Sources from the state assembly said the name of Dr Adelami, former Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, has been forwarded to it for confirmation by the governor.

Chief Olayide Owolabi Adelami, Mni hails from Owo, Ondo state. He was born over 6 decades ago to the family of Oluka Oribokun by Pa and Mrs Amos Adelami. Adelami graduated from the prestigious Imade College in Owo before proceeding to The Polytechnic, Ibadan for his GCE A level and University of Lagos for his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration. He further got an MBA degree from Ogun State University.

After the completion of the mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in June 1983, young Adelami was enlisted into Federal Civil Service as an Accountant II in December, 1983. He resumed to the Treasury Department of the Accountant General of the Federation office and in 1988 he was later posted to the National Assembly Provisional Office, Abuja as one of the pioneer staff of the Constituent Assembly which metamorphosed into the present day National Assembly