By Olasunkomi Akoni & Gbenga Akanmu
Lagos State House of Assembly will, today, commence the screening of about 37 commissioner-nominees forwarded to it by Governor Babatunde Fashola for approval.
It will be recalled that Fashola had, weekend, sent the list of commissioner-nominees to the House for approval and confirmation.
Initially, the list had suffered a setback following alleged exclusion of names forwarded by Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, party leadership to the governor.
However, the issue was settled after the leader of the party and immediate past Governor of the state, Senator Bola Tinubu, intervened and prevailed on the two parties to harmonise the list.
The lawmakers will be having an emergency sitting to either confirm or reject the nominees forwarded to the House by the Governor.
The House, which will be resuming from recess on July 4, is reconvening today to screen some of the nominees, who had been told to come along with their credentials and other documents for vetting.
Among the commissioner-nominees are: Mr. Tunji Bello, Mr. Benjamin Akabueze, Dr. Jide Idris, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, Prince Adesegun Oniru, Mr. Oyinlomo Danmole, Mr. Jimoh Ajao, Mr. Ade Ipaye, and Mr. Ganiyu Johnson.
Managing Director of the Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency, LASAA and former Commissioner for Environment and also the campaign committee chairman of Fashola second term bid; forrmer Budget and Economic Planning Commissioner , his counterparts in the Health and Science & Technology Ministries, and , respectively, , former Commissioner for Housing Ministry. , Kayode Opeifa,
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Lagos Assembly screens cabinet nominees