Sanwo-Olu Unveils List Of 39 Commissioner-Nominees With 30% Women

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, transmitted the list of his proposed cabinet members to the Lagos State House of Assembly for ratification.

The PUNCH reported that, according to a tweet on Friday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, 30 per cent of the commissioner-nominees are women, while others are youths, technocrats and politicians.

Some members of the governor’s cabinet during his first term in office made the list, while a number of others did not.

Among former cabinet members who made the list are former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso; his Budget and Economic Planning counterpart, Mr Sam Egube; ex-Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi; ex-Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Aramide Adeyooye; and his Education counterpart, Tokunbo Wahab.

Among former cabinet members dropped by Governor Sanwo-Olu are former Commissioner of Finance, Rabiu Olowo; former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN; and ex- Commissioner for Wealth Creation, Yetunde Arobieke.

Below is the full list of the cabinet member-nominees sent to the Lagos State House of Assembly by Governor Sanwo-Olu on Friday:

1. Mr Afolabi Ayantayo
2. Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun
3. Mr Rotimi Ogunwuyi
4. Mr Gbenga Oyeriinde
5. Mr Lawal Pedro (SAN)
6. Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende
7. Mr Ibrahim Layode
8. Dr Dolapo Fasawe
9. Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka
10. Mr Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu
11. Mr Abdulkabir Ogungbo
12. Abiola Olowu
13. Dr Adekunle Olayinka
14. Mrs Bolaji Cecilia Dada
15. Aramide Adeyoye
16. Mr Idris Aregbe
17. Mr Yakubu Alebiosu
18. Mr Tokunbo Wahab
19. Bola Olumegbon
20. Dr Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya
21. Mr Kayode Roberts
22. Mr Moruf Fatai
23. Mr Seun Osiyemi
24. Mrs Barakat Bakare
25. Prof. Akin Abayomi
26. Mr Gbenga Omotoso
27. Olalere Odusote
28. Dr Rotimi Fashola
29. Mr Mosopefolu George
30. Mr Tunbosun Alake
31. Ms Ruth Olusanya
32. Mrs Folashade Adefisayo
33. Mrs Folashade Ambrose
34. Dr Olumide Oluyinka
35. Mr Yomi Oluyomi
36. Mr Sam Egube
37. Dr Jide Babatunde
38. Mr Olalekan Fatodu
39. Mrs Solape Hammond

This came barely 24 hours after the Senate unveiled the list of President Bola Tinubu’s proposed cabinet members at plenary on Thursday.

Source:- Punch Ng

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