Twenty out of the 39 nominees sent to the Lagos State House by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu have been screened by a committee of the House, which began sitting on Sunday.
It is expected that all the nominees would have been screened by yesterday when the exercise is expected to end.
On Monday, the committee grilled Mrs. Adetoke Benson-Awoyinka, immediate past Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Housing, and Mrs Bola Olumegbon Lawal, former executive secretary of Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
Others screened were Yakoob Ekundayo Alebiosu, Idris Aregbe, Abdul-Kabir Opeyemi Ogungbo, Dr. Oreoluwa finnih-Awokoya, Eng. Abiola Okanlawon Moshood Olowu, Dr. Adekunle Olayinka, Mosopefolu George and Aramide Adeyoye.
Earlier on Sunday, the committee, led by the Chief Whip of the House, Mojeed Fatai, screened Mobolaji Abubakre Ogunlende, Dr. Olamide Abiodun Babatunde, Lawal Pedro, and Afolabi Waheed Ayantayo, immediate past Special Adviser to the Governor on Parastatals Monitoring.
Others included Mr. Jamiu Tolani Adedeji Alli-Balogun, Olugbenga Olanrewaju Olaniyi, Ogunwuyi Rotimi Ekundayo, Ibrahim Olanrewaju Layode, immediate past lawmaker from Badagry, Adetokunbo Wahab and Olakunle O Rotimi-Akodu.
Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, recently constituted a12-man ad-hoc committee for the exercise. The committee is to make a report to the House when it reconvenes.
At the commencement of the screening, Fatai had noted that the task before the lawmakers was in line with the provision of the 1999 Constitution.
Quadri Olaitan is a journalist and contributor to Freelanews.com, covering news, public affairs, and human-interest stories.
