The 40-member Lagos State House of Assembly is to begin the screening of the 25 commissioner and special adviser nominees forwarded to them for confirmation by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, about three weeks ago.
Ahead of the screening which is likely this week, the House of Assembly on Monday set up a 16-man ad hoc committee to handle the exercise.
Recall that house had on July 22, read the list of the cabinet nominees the floor of the chamber.
Mudashiru Obasa, speaker of the state house of assembly, who read the list of the ad hoc committee members, named Rotimi Abiru, a fourth-term lawmaker, representing Somolu constituency II, as the head.
Members of the screening committee include Jimi Mohammed (Ikeja I), Yinka Ogundimu (Agege II), Abiodun Tobun (Epe I), Setonji David (Badagry II), Victor Akande (Ojo I) and Mosunmola Sangodara (Surulere II).
Others are: Mojisola Alli-Macaulay (Amuwo-Odofin I), Rasheed Makinde (Ifako-Ijaiye II), Lanre Afinni (Lagos Island II), Noheem Adams (Eti-Osa II), and Adedamola Kasunmu (Ikeja II).
The rest are: Suraju Tijani (Ojo II), Olusola Sokunle (Oshodi/Isolo I), Olumuyiwa Jimoh (Apapa II) and Abdulsobur Olawale (Mushin II).
Obasa, the speaker directed the ad hoc committee to report to the house in a week, saying that the house would ensure that only nominees ready to serve would be cleared.
JOSHUA BASSEY
