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| Governor Akinwunmi Ambode |
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on
Thursday dropped three commissioners from his cabinet and appointed five new
ones.
A statement by the Secretary to the State
Government, Tunji Bello, identified the three affected cabinet members as
Adebimpe Akinsola, Femi Odubiyi and Anifowoshe Abiola.
The SSG gave the names of the five new
commissioners as Hakeem Fahm (Ministry of Science and Technology), Ladi
Lawanson (Ministry of Transportation), Segun Banjo (Ministry of Economic
Planning and Budget), Olayinka Oladunjoye (Ministry of Commerce and Industry) and
Mr. Hakeem Sulaiman (Communities and Communications).
The statement added that some
redeployment had also been effected.
It read, “Rotimi Ogunleye, the Commissioner for
Commerce and Industry has been moved to Physical Planning and Urban
Development; Steve Ayorinde from the Ministry of Information and Strategy to
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture; Kehinde Bamigbetan from Communities and
Communication to Ministry of Information and Strategy; Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti
from Ministry of Wealth Creation to Ministry of the Environment; Uzamat
Akinbile-Yusuf from Ministry of Youth and Social Development to Ministry of
Wealth Creation; Agboola Dabiri from Central Business District to Ministry of
Youth and Social Development.
“Also, Samuel Adejare, the Commissioner for the
Environment has been moved to the Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure
Development; Ade Akinsanya from the Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure
Development to Ministry of Works and Infrastructure.”
The statement added that Benjamin Olabinjo had
been moved from the Special Adviser, Commerce and Industry, to become the
Special Adviser Civic Engagement, while Kehinde Joseph was moved from Special
Adviser, Civic Engagement, to become Special Adviser, Housing.
Deji Tinubu, Special Adviser, Sports, had been
redeployed as Special Adviser to the Governor on Commerce and Industry, while
Anofiu Elegushi moved from the Special Adviser, Transport, to the Special
Adviser, Central Business District.
Bello said the appointments and redeployment were
to create new vigour and vitality for service delivery.
…says Lagos generated N503.7bn in 2017
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on
Thursday said the state generated a total of N503.7bn revenue in 2017 despite
the harsh economic situation of the country.
Ambode, who spoke at the first quarter Town Hall
Meeting of 2018 in Agidingbi, Ikeja, said the state entered the New Year with
confidence of being on a solid prosperity footing, adding that the support of
the people enabled government to achieve a lot.
He said, “Despite the harsh economy, our state
budget performed at 82 per cent. Total revenue generated was N503.7bn,
representing a performance of 78 per cent; Total Recurrent Expenditure was
N281.33bn, representing a performance of 92 per cent, while Total Capital
Expenditure was N387.60bn or 76 per cent performance.”
Ambode said as of December 2017, the Lagos State
Employment Trust Fund had disbursed a total of N4.5bn to 5,500 beneficiaries,
while keys were presented to the first set of beneficiaries of the Lagos State
Rent-To-Own Housing scheme.
The governor assured Lagosains that he would
sustain the momentum of development and vigorously pursue all ongoing projects,
with special focus on health and education.
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