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Video: Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu Swears In 2nd Term Commissioners, Special Advisers (Full List)

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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday swore in his cabinet members to work with him for his second term in office.

Naija News reports the cabinet members, 37 in number, were sworn in at a ceremony held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa, Ikeja after their screening and confirmation by the Lagos State House of Assembly.

Some of the dignitaries that attended the event include the Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Dele Alake.

Addressing the new commissioners and special advisers, Governor Sanwo-Olu charged them to ensure that they discharge their duties with all diligence. He charged them to engage collaboratively and work together to build on the successes of the incumbent administration’s first four years in office.

The Governor also urged the Commissioners and Special Advisers to do their best to surpass the expectations of Lagos residents.

Below is the list of cabinet members screened by the Lagos State lawmakers and subsequently inaugurated by Governor Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday.

Lawal Pedro, SAN (Justice and Attorney-General), Bolaji Dada (Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation), Akin Abayomi (Health) Tokunbo Wahab (Environment), Moruf Akinderu Fatai (Housing), Gbenga Omotoso (Information and Strategy), Ibrahim Layode (Home Affairs), Mobolaji Ogunlende (Youths and Social Development), Dayo Alebiosu-Bush (Waterfront Infrastructure), Abisola Olusanya (Agriculture), Gbenga Oyerinde (Special Duties), Toke Benson-Awoyinka (Tourism), Osiyemi Oluwaseun (Transportation).

Others are Tunbosun Alake (Innovation, Science and Technology), Mr. Afolabi Ayantayo (Establishment, Training and Pension), Kayode Bolaji Roberts (Local Government Affairs), Mosopefoluwa George (Economic Planning and Budget), Olumide Oluyinka (Physical Planning and Urban Development), Abayomi Samson Oluyomi (Finance), Folashade Ambrose-Medem (Industry, Trade and Investment), Jamiu Alli-Balogun (Basic Education), Akinyeri Bankole Ajigbotafe (Wealth Creations) and Tolani Sule Akibu (Tertiary Education)

The Special Advisers are; Sola Giwa (Transportation), Rotimi Fashola (Agriculture), Abiola Olowu (Commerce, Industry and Investment), Olajide Babatunde (eGIS), Idris Aregbe (Tourism), Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya (Health), Adekunle Olayinka (Works and Infrastructures), AbdulKabir Opeyemi Ogungbo (Taxation and Pension), Bola Olumegbon (Central Business District, CBD), Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu (Environment), Afolabi Abiodun Tajudeen (Political Education and Civic Engagement), Barakat Odunuga-Bakare (Housing), Yekini Nurudeen Agbaje (Rural Development and Chieftaincy Affairs) and Iyabode Oyeyemi Ayoola (Central Internal Audit).

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