Barely 24 hours after the Senate unveiled the list of President Bola Tinubu’s proposed cabinet members, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has 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, Professor 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:
- Mr Afolabi Ayantayo
- Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun
- Mr Rotimi Ogunwuyi
- Mr Gbenga Oyeriinde
- Mr Lawal Pedo (SAN)
- Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende
- Mr Ibrahim Layode
- Dr Dolapo Fasawe
- Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka
- Mr Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu
- Mr Abdulkabir Ogungbo
- Abiola Olowu
- Dr Adekunle Olayinka
- Mrs Bolaji Cecilia Dada
- Aramide Adeyoye
- Mr Idris Aregbe
- Mr Yakubu Alebiosu
- Mr Tokunbo Wahab
- Bola Olumegbon
- Dr Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya
- Mr Kayode Roberts
- Mr Moruf Fatai
- Mr Seun Osiyemi
- Mrs Barakat Bakare
- Prof. Akin Abayomi
- Mr Gbenga Omotoso
- Olalere Odusote
- Dr Rotimi Fashola
- Mr Mosopefolu George
- Mr Tunbosun Alake
- Ms Ruth Olusanya
- Mrs Folashade Adefisayo
- Mrs Folashade Ambrose
- Dr Olumide Oluyinka
- Mr Yomi Oluyomi
- Mr Sam Egube
- Dr Jide Babatunde
- Mr Olalekan Fatodu
- Mrs Solape Hammond