September 10, (THEWILL) – Following the compromise reached between the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his perceived foe, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, to find a middle ground over the latter’s rejection of the list of 17 commissioner-nominees sent by the governor, the House of Assembly during the week confirmed 15 out of the second batch of 18 nominees sent again by the governor.
In the new list, some significant changes were made. These alterations resulted in the replacement of five nominees from the original list and the addition of one name. The six new names include Afolabi Tajudeen, Akinyemi Ajigbotafe, Tolani Sule-Akibu, Yekini Agbaje, Iyabode Ayoola, and Sola Giwa.
These six, the governor claims, represent a broad political spectrum and diverse backgrounds of people he believes would bring fresh ideas that would help the growth and progress of the state. One of the five individuals who was unfortunately dropped from the initial list like hot potato is Solape Hammond. The daughter of a former Governor of Ondo State, late Dr Olusegun Agagu, Hammond was designated for Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, as a Special Adviser, a position she occupied during Sanwo-Olu’s first tenure. Amongst several reasons, she was axed from the list on account of not being an indigene of the state, thus making her nomination of little or no importance and to also pave the way for supposede ‘bonafide’ citizens who may have played important roles in the re-election of the governor.
The 43-year-old Co-Founder/CEO of Impact Hub, has been a business executive for over 15 years with experience in Management Consulting, Risk Management, Banking and Financial Advisory. Passionate about social change, she is a member of the International Women’s Society (IWS), Hospitals for Humanity (HFH) and the Nigerian Leadership Initiative (NLI). She serves as Secretary to the Board of Trustees for the Handicapped Education Foundation (HANDEF) and doubles as Chairperson of KHAN Regenesis, a not-for-profit organization focused on bringing positive change to the vocational sector, particularly as relates to construction.
Hammond holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD.
