A rigorous screening process held for more than 400 top administrators in the Lagos State civil service has culminated in the appointment of 18 new Permanent Secretaries who will be driving the development blueprint of the State Government.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, swore in the successful candidates and assigned portfolios to them at a swearing-in held in the Banquet Hall of the State House, Alausa.
The Permanent Secretaries are:
- Dr. Mustafa Ibrahim Akinwunmi (Primary Healthcare Board)
- Ayoola Iyabo Oyeyemi (Ministry of Finance)
- George Abosede Oluwakemi (Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment);
- Hundogan Sewanu Temitope (Audit Service Commission);
- Mrs. Kosegbe Abiola (Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development);
- Onayele Augustine Abiodun (Ministry of Establishments, Training and Pensions);
- Adedoyin-Ajayi Adenike (Ministry of Tourism);
- Sangowanwa Olutomi Ajose (Surveyor General, Ministry of Lands),
- Oduguwa Olusola (Central Internal Audit).
- Olajide Charles Adeboye (PS and Tutor General of Education District IV);
- Machado-Onanuga Toyin Olamide (Teaching Service Commission);
- Gaji Omobolaji Tajudeen (Ministry of Special Duties);
- Olowoshago Kamar Owodiran (Ministry of Transportation);
- Simone Olayinka Fashola (Ministry of Science and Technology);
- Daba Mobolaji Mojisola (Local Government Service Commission);
- Oshodi Salimot Tolani (Cabinet Office),
- Kasali Adeniran Waheed (Office of Special Adviser on Education)
- Shasore Sholabomi Mosunmola (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources)
Sanwo-Olu had set up a screening committee, comprising members of the State’s cabinet and the Office of the Head of Service, which assessed the candidates and gave recommendations.
This marks a departure from the old procedure in which a Governor would single-handedly pick unmerited civil servants in higher cadres.
The screening committee, chaired by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Hon. Tokunbo Wahab, recommended the appointment of the 18 successful civil servants for the Permanent Secretary positions out of 65 shortlisted after assessment.
The Governor said he personally followed the task of the selecting the new permanent secretaries based on his belief that there must be right synergy between members of the Executive and civil service to successfully deliver on the Government’s mandate to the people.
Before the appointees were finally picked, Sanwo-Olu had one-on-one interactions with the 65 shortlisted candidates presented to him for consideration by the screening committee.
