The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will on Tuesday inaugurate the state’s Executive Council.
The state House of Assembly had, on Friday, concluded the screening of the governor’s nominees for positions of commissioners and special advisers.
The nominees have been invited to the final appearance and possible confirmation by the Assembly on Monday (today).
One of the commissioner-nominees told The PUNCH on condition of anonymity on Sunday that the nominees received a text message, directing them to appear before the Assembly at 9am on Monday.
“After I got my message, I called around to discover that all the nominees got the same message.
“It is like we may be confirmed on Monday. You know the screening ended finally on Friday,” the nominee said.
A statement on Sunday by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Gboyega Akosile, quoted the governor to have said on Saturday that the state Executive Council would be inaugurated on Tuesday.
According to the statement, Sanwo-Olu made the declaration when he received members of the Association of Lagos State Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries.
Sanwo-Olu said the wheel of governance would be in full gear before the end of the week in fulfillment of his campaign promise to inaugurate his cabinet within 90 days of assuming office.
“Next week, by God’s grace, we are swearing in all other complements of cabinet and also permanent secretaries to have the engine of governance in full swing. At that point, we believe that all the campaign promises we made can come to reality and Lagosians can benefit more from the choice they made at the last election,” the statement quoted the governor to have said.
It added that the cabinet members would be assigned with different portfolios at the inauguration on Tuesday.
Source: punch
