Ogun Assembly Has Confirmed First Batch Of The State’s Commissioner Nominees
Ogun state house of assembly has confirmed the seven nominees for the post of commissioners forwarded to it for consideration and confirmation by governor Dapo Abiodun.
Those confirmed during the Thursday plenary presided over by the speaker, Olakunle Oluomo.
The nominees were Dapo Okubadejo, Dr Tomi Coker, engineer Ade Adesanya, Jagunmolu Omoniyi, Oluwasina Ogungbade, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, Olaolu Olabimtan and Hamzat Ganiy.
The confirmation followed the adoption of the report of committee of the whole house, after a motion by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff.
The motion was seconded by the minority leader, Lukman Adeleye and supported by the whole House through a voice vote.
The nominees had earlier been screened at two separate sessions of the house
The governor who is expected to appoint over 20commissioners, is being awaited by the assembly to send supplemtary list of nominees for confirmation.
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Also, the State lawmakers on Thursday screened another nominee, a former Commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser, Dapo Okubadejo, who re-assured that more strategic financial reforms were underway to aid the developmental policies of the present administration to consolidate on the ISEYA Mantra.
Okubabejo, who recounted the financial status of the State on the emergence of the present administration since 2019, posited that its revenue drive had been greatly improved in spite the economic challenges occasioned by the shortfall in the price of petroleum in the global market, post Covid-19 challenges and unstable exchange rate amongst other indexes.
Appraising the financial ingenuity of the State Governor, Okubadejo added that more strategies would be put in place to give more operational strength to the Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework that would further boost the confidence of stakeholders in the ability of government to deliver.
He added that this will also attract more local and foreign investment opportunities to complement the booming industrial clusters.
In their remarks, the lawmakers applauded the nomination of the former Commissioner and incumbent Chief Economic Adviser, describing him as a round peg in a round hole, with the capabilities that would bring about consistent financial policies.
They admonished the nominee to justify the confidence reposed in him through improved commitment to quality service delivery that would ensure seamless financial policy implementation for the overall socio-economic development of Ogun State.
