Olufunke Adebolu. |
The
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sacked Commissioner for
Tourism, Arts and Culture, Shulamite Olufunke Adebolu in a minor Cabinet
reshuffle which had Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, erstwhile Commissioner for Home
Affairs has been redeployed to head the Tourism Ministry.
Adebolu’s
sack was tactical as the governor omitted her name from the list of
commissioners redeployed, as her portfolio was given to another without her
being redeployed to another ministry.
According
to a report by PM News, her sack might not have been unconnected with the flop
of the Greater Lagos event in December where artistes did not show and there
was no crowd to the embarrassment of the governor.
However,
in the cabinet reshuffle, eight cabinet portfolios affected by the redeployment
include ministries of Local Government, Special Duties, Wealth Creation and
Employment, Tourism, Arts and Culture, Home Affairs as well as Waterfront
Infrastructure. Others are the Central Business District and Urban Development.
According
to the Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, Governor Sanwo-Olu has
moved three commissioners around, while two Special Advisers have been assigned
new roles as commissioners. Affected commissioners and their new portfolios
are: Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr. Wale Ahmed who has now been moved to
Local Government and Community Affairs; Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, formerly
Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs has been moved to the
Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment.
Also,
Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf has been moved from the Ministry of Home Affairs to
the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture as Commissioner.
Two
former Special Advisers, Prince Anofiu Elegushi and Architect Kabiru Ahmed are
now assigned to the Ministries of Home Affairs and Waterfront Infrastructure as
Commissioners respectively.
The
Governor also announced portfolios of the new cabinet members. They are Engr.
Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, Commissioner-designate (Special Duties), Mr. Oyerinde
Olugbenga Olanrewaju, Special Adviser-designate (Central Business District) and
Hon. Ayuba Ganiu Adele, Special Adviser-designate (Urban Development).
Sanwo-Olu
thanked members of the Lagos State House of Assembly for believing in the
Executive and carrying out the ratification of the cabinet nominees in a manner
devoid of mere political considerations other than the interests of the
electorate, assuring that his action is in line with his administration’s
vision of delivering good governance to the residents of Lagos.
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