Two days after forming his cabinet, the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has redeployed his Special Adviser on Health, Dr Oreoluwa Finnih-Awokoya, from the Ministry of Health to the Office of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The governor also redeployed his Special Adviser on Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Abiola Olowu, to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
This was disclosed on Friday in a statement by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, according to Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile.
The statement noted that the Special Adviser, Office of Works, is now domiciled under the Office of the Deputy Governor.
Sanwo-Olu had on Wednesday inaugurated 37 commissioners and Special Advisers as members of the state executive council and assigned portfolios to them.
The cabinet members comprised 23 commissioners and 14 Special Advisers, including Lawal Pedro (Justice and Attorney-General); Bolaji Dada (Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation); Akin Abayomi (Health); Tokunbo Wahab (Environment and Water Resources); Moruf Akinderu-Fatai (Housing); Gbenga Omotoso (Information and Strategy); Ibrahim Layode (Home Affairs), and Mobolaji Ogunlende (Youths and Social Development).
Other commissioners are Dayo Alebiosu-Bush (Waterfront Infrastructure Development); Abisola Olusanya (Agriculture), Gbenga Oyerinde (Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations); Toke Benson-Awoyinka (Tourism, Arts and Culture); Osiyemi Oluwaseun (Transportation); Tunbosun Alake (Innovation, Science and Technology); and Mr Afolabi Ayantayo (Establishment and Training), among others.
The Special Advisers are Sola Giwa (Transportation); Rotimi Fashola (Agriculture); Abiola Olowu (Commerce, Industry and Investment); Olajide Babatunde (eGIS and Urban Development); Idris Aregbe (Tourism, Arts and Culture); AbdulKabir Ogungbo (Taxation and Revenue); Bola Olumegbon (Central Business Districts); and Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu (Environment), among others.