Ogun Assembly screens 2 commissioner-nominees

Ogun House of Assembly

Two commissioner-nominees have scaled the screening of the Ogun House of Assembly to expand the existing 37-member State Executive Council.

The nominees are Mrs. Biola Kufile-Okongi (Odeda Council Area) and Miss Ronke Onadeko (Remo Council Area).

The Executive Council consists of 18 commissioners and 19 special advisers including the governor’s chief of staff.

Gov. Ibikunle Amosun had on Monday forwarded the names of the would-be commissioners to the House, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Ogun has 20 local governments in addition to the newly created 37 local council development areas.

The Speaker, Mr. Suraj Adekunbi, said the screening was done in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 constitution.

He said appointing two additional commissioners by the governor was to ensure quality representation of the people in the state administration.

Adekunbi called on the nominees to bring their wealth of experience from the private sector to bear on the policies and programmes of the government.

He also urged them to ensure cordial relationship between the executive and the legislative arm for the delivery of the administration’s five-point cardinal programme.

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