Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has on Monday swore in three new members of the State Executive Council, five members of the Civil Service Commission and five Permanent Secretaries.
One Commissioner and two Special Advisers where the new political appointees who are to join the State Executive Council.
Mr Paul Martins is the new Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Gbenga Oyerinde is Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business District and Mr Ganiyu Ayuba as the Special Adviser, Urban Development.
Meanwhile, Mrs Regina Fabanwo was sworn in as the Chairman, Lagos Civil Service Commission along with Mr Adeshina Odeyemi, Mr Avoseh Suru; Mr Kamal Olorunoje and Mr Babatunde Seriki as Commissioners in the Commission.
The five new Permanent Secretaries are Mr Olujimi Ige, Debt Management Office; Mrs Kafayat Ajenifuja, Parastatal Monitoring Office; Mr Hakeem Adeniji Oduyinka, Office of the Civic Engagement; Mr Isaac Thorpe, Ministry of Information and Strategy, while Dr Aina Ayoola moves up as the PS Primary Healthcare Board.
Speaking at the occasion, Sanwo-Olu said his administration would continue to ensure its programmes were tailored to the benefit of the residents of the state.
”As a government, we will ensure that our programmes are not only time-bound but also people focused; that they are programmes that we believe will touch and impact all our citizens on a daily basis,” he said.
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Governor Sanwo-Olu charged the newly appointed members of Lagos State Cabinet, as well as commissioners in the state’s civil service commission to kick off action immediately.
He urged the new appointees to further add value to the administration toward delivering democratic dividends to Lagosians.
According to him, the new appointees are called to serve from the pool of numerous competent and highly qualified Lagosians, hence, they must work hard to justify the confidence reposed in them by the appointment.
His words: ”You have been brought on to add value in our quest to deliver the dividend of democracy to the citizens.
”We must remember that in four months time, we will be celebrating our first anniversary and the question that people will be asking is what have we done in one year?
”Time will come and time will go but it is what we do with the time that posterity will judge us with.
”The essence of this reminder is to keep each and every one of us on the go and to let you know that we need to hit the ground running.
”We cannot afford to be complacent in our approach to governance because there is so much to be accomplished within the 1,460 days that we are rushing against.
”We cannot afford not to succeed because our success has an indication for the mission’s wellbeing.
”We owe it a duty to live up to the reputation of centre of excellence through the injection of innovative and visionary ideas into governance.”