Lagos Assembly seeks clarification on Cabinet nominees sent by Governor Sanwo-olu
Clerk of the House, Barr. Olalekan Onafeko, read a letter before the lawmakers quoting the governor as seeking the confirmation of a commissioner-nominee and five nominees in the position of special advisers.
The Lagos State House of Assembly has demanded for identities of five out of the six Cabinet Nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu.
At a sitting presided over by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, the Clerk of the House, Barr. Olalekan Onafeko, had read a letter before the lawmakers quoting the governor as seeking the confirmation of a commissioner-nominee and five nominees in the position of special advisers.
However, the letter only named the commissioner-nominee as Mr. Abiodun Ogunleye, while the identities of the nominees for the position of special adviser were not mentioned making the House resolve to write back to the governor for clarifications.
The Speaker of the house while agreeing with the lawmakers that names should be attached to the letter, said: "it is necessary for us to know who and who would become part of the cabinet."
Earlier, the Deputy Majority Leader of the House,…
