The Lagos State House of Assembly began examining the cabinet nominees provided to them by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday, July 28 on Sunday.
By the end of Monday, an ad hoc committee of the House formed for the task had evaluated 20 of 39 nominees in an exercise that began on Sunday.
All cabinet nominees are scheduled to have been reviewed by Wednesday, when the process is expected to conclude.
On Sunday, the committee chaired by the House Chief Whip, Mojeed Fatai, screened Mobolaji Ogunlende, Dr Olajide Babatunde, Lawal Pedro, and Afolabi Ayantayo, the immediate-past Special Adviser to the Governor on Parastatals Monitoring.
Others screened on Sunday were: Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, Olugbenga Olaniyi, Ogunwuyi Ekundayo, Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu, Ibrahim Layode, and an immediate-past lawmaker of the state from Badagry, Adetokunbo Wahab.
On Monday, the committee grilled the immediate-past Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Housing, Mrs Adetoke Benson-Awoyinka, and a former Executive Secretary of Yaba Local Council Development Area, Mrs Bola Lawal.
Others screened on Monday were Yakubu Alebiosu, Idris Aregbe, Abdul-Kabir Ogungbo, Dr Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya, Abiola Olowu, Dr Adekunle Olayinka, Mosopefolu George, and Aramide Adeyoye.
The Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, had recently constituted the 12-man ad hoc committee for the exercise.
At the commencement of the screening, the Chief Whip noted that the task before the lawmakers was in line with a provision of the 1999 Constitution.
“The House of Assembly has the mandate to screen and confirm the nominees for the position of commissioners and Special Advisers.
“Recall that on July 28, 2023, the Executive Governor of Lagos State submitted a total of 39 commissioners and Special Adviser nominees,” he said, adding that the recommendation of the committee would be presented to the House.
Members of the screening committee include Adedamola Kasumu, Ajomale Oladipo, Saheed Babafemi, Nureni Akinsanya, and Ajani Owolabi.
Others are Sa’ad Olumo, Sanni Okanlawon, Adewale Temitope, Ajayi Oladele, Abdulkareem Jubril, and Orekoya Abiodun.