Lagos lawmakers ask Sanwo-Olu to attach local council of origin to commissioner-nominees

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to attach the local government areas of the commissioner-nominees to the names.

The lawmakers during plenary lamented that the list did not reflect inclusivity and party loyalty, saying thr governor should be specific about the local governments of the commissioner-nominees.

Some of the lawmakers complained that their constituencies were not well represented.

They called on the governor to come up with a new list to address their grievances.

But the Speaker of the House, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa, urged the lawmakers not to ask for a fresh list from the governor.

Obasa said: “Don’t let us ask for a new list. If they choose two commissioners from each constituency, how many are we going to have then?

“Many people have written petitions on this, but we have to be patient. It is all about developing the state.

“But I agree with you that the list should be returned to the governor so that he can tell us the local government where each nominee came from.”

The Speaker then directed the Clerk of the House, Mr Olalekan Onafeko to write the governor to attach the local governments the nominees were representing on the list.