Old Faces Still Willing To Serve
feigning impatience.
“Baring any unforeseen circumstances, the bride will certainly be with him. It goes without saying that highly qualified and competent men and women will be appointed as commissioners by Mr. Babajide Sanwo-olu.
“However, we need to remind the PDP that the Constitution is very clear about the issue of cabinet. There is nowhere in the Constitution where a time frame is stipulated for State Chief Executives on the composition of cabinet, so the PDP needs some tutorials on not only party politics, but also governance.
“If the party had done its due diligence by first consulting the Constitution, it would not have issued a statement demanding that the Governor should hurriedly announce his cabinet members.
“The PDP needs to also be reminded that the Governor had said it countless times during the electioneering that he would put in place a high quality cabinet composed of tested men and women who will join him to drive his vision of delivering a greater Lagos to all the citizens of the State.”
Not minding the response of the deputy Chief Press Secretary to PDP, the pace of governance has slowed down drastically. Activities in the state are more like motion without movement. Apart from issues of traffic and sanitation that the governor had repeatedly talked about, which has resulted in some over-reaction by the field soldiers, other sectors of the state are almost directionless.
A source disclosed that a number of persons who served under Babatunde Fashola and Bola Tinubu as commissioners seem bent on returning. It was learnt that names like Ayo Gbeleyi, Tunji Bello, Dr. Abdulhakeem Abdullateef, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, Sesan Daini, Engr Ayo Martins, Seye Oladejo, Sam Ogedengbe, Ganiu Solomon, Musiliu Obanikoro, and Mrs. Kemi Nelson, are being projected. The last three, one of the sources said might nominate their proxies, just like Tinubu’s wife and Dele Alake. He stated that almost all those that would be serving would be party people.
To some residents, not having a cabinet and in some instances, personal aides, 100 days after he got elected, calls to question how prepared the Governor was for the job.
Speaking on the non-composition of cabinet by SanwoOlu, the Director-general, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Muda Yusuf said: “I do not want it to appear that we are criticising the man early in the day, but having a cabinet would facilitate delivery of electoral promises and programmes of his party.
“So, the earlier he has a cabinet, the better for all the citizens of the state. The longer we delay; the more we slow down the tempo of activities of government. But with his party having the majority in the House of Assembly, there should be no cause for unnecessary delay in drawing up the list and sending it for approval.”