Lagos Assembly rejects Gbenga Omotoso, 16 other commissioner-nominees

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.

1. Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo (Education);
2. Prof. Akin Abayomi (Health);
3. Gbenga Omotoso (Information and Strategy);
4. Olalere Odusote (Energy);
5. Mrs. Solape Hammod);
6. Mrs. Cecilia Dada (Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation);
7. Mrs. Aramide Adeyoye (Works and Infrastructure);
8. Sam Egube (Economic Budget and Planning);
9. Yomi Oluyomi;
10. Mrs. Folashade Ambrose;
11. Ms. Barakat Bakare;
12. Rotimi Fashola;
13. Olalekan Fatodu;
14. Mosopefolu George;
15. Seun Osiyemi;
16. Rotimi Ogunwuyi
17. 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.