Babajide Sanwo-Olu announces those to be appointed as cabinet members after inauguration

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor-Elect of Lagos State, has given a hint about those that may feature in his cabinet after being inaugurated into office.

He said only those who have shared vision with him and Obafemi Hamzat, his deputy, will make it into his government.

He said: “There are so many intelligent people in Lagos. It’s just for us to identify them. Some could work full time, some part time, others could be technocrats or politicians but the bottom line is for us to identify square pegs into square holes and round pegs into round holes. That’s number one.

“Number two, those who would work with Dr Hamzat and I must share our vision. They have to be on the same page with us from day one. The moment a politician or technocrat is appointed, he or she should see himself as a commissioner or staff adviser of Lagos, not for a sect or an area or jurisdiction.

“We are out to empower the people of Lagos state… These are the basic things, we will not compromise. Femi and I have been on this journey for the past eight or nine months. So, immediately we come on board, we will organise a crash course for them (cabinet members) to see where we are going. The moment we all see a common vision, it will be easier for us to drive a common agenda. But I can say Lagosians will be happy with us when we finally bring out those names.”

The governor-elect said he would make all the major appointments of his government within three months.

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He also spoke about his plans to tackle traffic which is a major problem in the state.
“In the first 90 days or so, we are hoping that we would have a working government in all the cabinets, all of the major appointments that we need to have, we would have them running very quickly,” he said.

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