FULL LIST: Sanwo-Olu swears in 23 commissioners, 14 special advisers

September 13

17:40 2023

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has sworn in new commissioners and special advisers that will form his cabinet.

The swearing-in ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Ikeja, the Lagos state capital.

During the ceremony, Sanwo-Olu assigned portfolios to 23 commissioners and 14 special advisers.

Before this time, the Lagos house of assembly had rejected 17 out of 39 commissioner-nominees recommended for screening and confirmation by Sanwo-Olu.

The governor sent another list of 18 nominees to the assembly out of which 15 were cleared.

LIST OF COMMISSIONERS

Number	Name	Portfolio
1	Afolabi Ayantayo	Commissioner for establishment training and pensions
2	Jamiu Alli-Balogun	Commissioner for basic education
3	Gbenga Oyerinde	Commissioner, special duties
4	Lawal Pedro	Attorney-general and commissioner for justice
5	Mobolaji Ogunlende	Commissioner for youth and social development
6	Ibrahim Layode	Commissioner for home affairs and culture
7	Toke Benson-Awoyinka	Commissioner for tourism
8	Bolaji Cecilia Dada	Commissioner for women affairs and poverty alleviation
9	Yakubu Adebayo Alebiosu	Commissioner, waterfront infrastructure
10	Tokunbo Wahab	Commissioner for environment
11	Kayode Bolaji-Roberts	Commissioner, local government affairs
12	Moruf Akinderu Fatai –	Commissioner for housing
13	Seun Osiyemi –	Commissioner for transportation
14	Akin Abayomi –	Commissioner for health
15	Gbenga Omotoso	Commissioner for information and strategy
16	Mosopefolu George	Commissioner for economic planning and budget
17	Tunbosun Alake	Commissioner for science and technology
18	Ruth Abisola Olusanya	Commissioner for agriculture
19	Kaosarat Folashade Ambrose	Commissioner for industries, trade and investment
20	Olumide Oluyinka	Commissioner for physical planning
21	Yomi Oluyomi –	Commissioner for finance
22	Ajigbotafe Akinyemi	Commissioner, weath creation
23	Tolani Sule Akibu	Commissioner for tertiary education

LIST OF SPECIAL ADVISERS

Number	Names	Portfolio
1	Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu	Special adviser, environment
2	Abdulkabir Ogungbo	Special adviser, taxation and revenue
3	Abiola Olowu	Special adviser, commerce and investment
4	Adekunle Olayinka	Special adviser, works
5	Idris Aregbe	Special adviser, tourism, arts and culture
6	Bola Olumegbon	Special adviser, central business district (CBD)
7	Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya	Special adviser, health
8	Barakat Bakare	Special adviser, housing
9	Rotimi Fashola	Special adviser, agriculture
10	Jide Babatunde	Special adviser, E-GIS
11	Afolabi Abiodun Tajudeen	Special adviser, political, legislative and civic engagement
12	Sola Shakirudeen Giwa	Special adviser, transportation
13	Iyabo Oyeyemi Ayoola	Special adviser, central internal audit
14	Nurudeen Lanre Yekini-Agbaje	Special adviser, rural development and chieftaincy affairs