In a speech during the brief exercise at the Government House, Akure, Aiyedatiwa described the event as “symbolic”.

He said the vehicles were to aid the permanent secretaries “so as to be more productive, and give their best to the civil service”.

He said that a similar gesture would be extended to four retired permanent secretaries.

The Head of Service, Bayo Philip, thanked the governor for encouraging civil servants with everything humanly possible, to ensure the system kept running smoothly.

Philip said he was happy that the governor was always working round the clock to ensure that the state continued to move forward.

The Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Mrs Foluke Tunde-Daramola, expressed delight over the governor’s kind gesture.

Tunde-Daramola described it as part of his agenda of “Our EASE” .

She also said that the gesture showed the governor as a good father to the state, who wanted everything to be moving smoothly.

“Like you said, you appointed us and I want to tell you, sir, that we have been very loyal to that appointment and your government.

“We promise, like the mantra of our HoS, we cannot afford to deliver short, nor deliver late.

“You can rest assured that the mandates you have given to each and every one of us in our respective MDAs, we will deliver on them,” Tunde-Daramola said.