The Lagos State House of Assembly has rejected 17 of the 39 commissioners-nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The commissioners-nominees rejected by the Lagos Assembly are listed below.
- Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo (Education);
- Prof. Akin Abayomi (Health);
- Gbenga Omotoso (Information and Strategy);
- Olalere Odusote (Energy);
- Mrs. Solape Hammod);
- Mrs. Cecilia Dada (Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation);
- Mrs. Aramide Adeyoye (Works and Infrastructure);
- Sam Egube (Economic Budget and Planning);
- Yomi Oluyomi;
- Mrs. Folashade Ambrose;
- Ms. Barakat Bakare;
- Rotimi Fashola;
- Olalekan Fatodu;
- Mosopefolu George;
- Seun Osiyemi;
- Rotimi Ogunwuyi
- Olumide Oluyinka.
Those confirmed are:
Hon. Layode Ibrahim
Mr. Mobolaji Ogunlende
Dr. Dolapo Fasawe
Hon. Bola Olumegbon
Mr. Idris Aregbe
Ms. Abisola Ruth Olusanya
Mr. Moruf Akinderu Fatai
Mr. Kayode Bolaji-Roberts
Engr. Abiola Olowu
Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka
Dr. Oreoluwa Finnih- Awokoya
Mr. Yakub Adedayo Alebiosu
Mr. Lawal Pedro SAN
Mr. Tunbosun Alake
Mr. Gbenga Oyerinde
Dr. Adekunle Olayinka
Dr. Jide Babatunde
Mr. Afolabi Ayantayo
Mr. Tokunbo Wahab
Mr. Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu
Mr. Jamiu Alli-Balogun
Mr. Abdulkabir Ogungbo
It would be recalled that some Islamic clerics last week protested alleged lopsidedness in the list of commissioner-nominees submitted to the Assembly by the governor.
Their grouse was that only eight Muslims made the governor’s 39-man list while the rest were Christians.
