By Kehinde Ahmed Lola
The list of Commissioner nominees sent to the Lagos State of House of Assembly by the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode was not attended to yesterday as the House of Assembly adjourned sitting till October 13 despite the statement from the governor when the list was sent that the Commissioners and Special Advisers were to be sworn in on Oct 5.
The statement read in part, “The screening of the list is expected to commence immediately after the Sallah holidays while cleared cabinet members would be sworn-in to resume the task of governance by Monday, October 5, 2015,”
The House however set up a 15-man ad-hoc committee that will screen the nominees and make recommendations to the general house on resumption.
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The ad-hoc committee to screen the nominees is headed by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, other members include Deputy Majority Leader, Olumuyiwa Jimoh, Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru, Deputy Chief Whip, Omotayo Oduntan, Minority Leader, Akeem Bello.
Others are Victor Akande, Lanre Ogunyemi, Rotimi Olowo, Yinka Ogundimu, Mohammed Folajimi, Bisi Yusuf, Oladele Adekanye, Ibrahim Layode, Segun Olulade, and Dayo Fafunmi.
The Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa said the committee would first screen the nominees before presenting its report to the House when it reconvenes on October 13.
The Speaker said the decision to first screen the nominees before they would face another screening by the general House was because the House rules permit the lawmakers to work at their convenience.
