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All Set For Sanwo-Olu’s Second Term Inauguration As Lagos Names Committee (See Full List)
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Governor Sanwo-Olu won a second term in office in the March 18 governorship election in Lagos and is set for inauguration.
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He secured a total of 762,134 votes, winning by a margin of more than 450,000 votes.
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His nearest challenger, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, of the Labour Party received 312,329 votes.
Eko Hot Blog reports that a 22-man inauguration committee to coordinate the activities for the May 29 swearing-in ceremony of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Deputy Governor Babafemi Hamzat’s second term in office has been constituted.
The Lagos Commissioner for Information & Strategy, who also doubles as the inauguration committee’s Chairman of Publicity, Gbenga Omotoso, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday.
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Omotoso disclosed that the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, is Chairman of the Committee.
A former Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, Mrs. Saidat Olayinka Oladunjoye, is Vice-Chairman.
Members to serve on various sub-committees that will organise the inauguration include the Deputy Chief of Staff, Gboyega Soyannwo; Abayomi Oluyomi; Gbenga Omotoso; Engr. (Mrs.) Aramide Adeyoye; Olawale Musa; Sukanmi Oyegbola; Bayo Ogunlana and Dr. A. W. Olarinmoye.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Deputy Governor Babafemi Hamzat set for second term inauguration
Other persons on the list are Kolade Alabi; Bolaji Durojaiye; Tunde Onigbanjo; Adetoun Sanwo-Olu; Tejumade Lawal; Belinda Aderonke Odeneye; Kunle Fagbemi; Fola Hamzat; Simi Mosuro; Dr. Hakeem Shittu and Mrs. Ayiri Oladunmoye.
Mrs. Adenike G. Akanbi is Secretary of the Committee, which also has the Special Adviser on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab and Mr. Bimbo Onabanjo as members.
The committee’s spokesperson added that the committee has started work.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sanwo-Olu winner of the March 18 governorship election in the early hours of Monday, March 20, 2023.
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The governor won 19 local government areas to defeat his closest challenger, Rhodes-Vivour of the LP, who won one LGA.
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