Epetedo Indigenes Call for Review of Sanwo-Olu’s List of Commissioners 

Chinedu Eze

The Epetedo Indigenes Association has said it is necessary and expedient to call for a review of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s new cabinet, describing the composition of the cabinet as rather disappointing, stressing that it fell short of the expectation of the electorate.

Statement signed by the Chairman, Vice-chairman and General Secretary of the association, Alhaji Maroof-deen Babatunde Oshodi, Alhaji(Dr) Mondiu Babatunde Sarumi  Alhaji and Hon. Nosiru-deen Adegboyega Oshodi respectively, asserted, “Our decision to ventilate our stance derives from the seeming hard stance of the Governor after all the citizens sacrificed for him to shield him from electoral defeat.

“We hereby register strongly the disappointment of Epetedo indigenes with the contemptuous disposition of the Governor to the people that stood for and with him when the going was rough, really rough.”

The association also said the people of Epetedo feel shortchanged by the cabinet list of commissioners, saying it is outrightly unacceptable to Epetedo indigenes.

The association added:“With all sense of responsibility, we view with utmost dismay the lopsided distribution of the said list and strongly request an urgent review of the composition, so as to give all the much desired equity and equal opportunity to all, as provided by both the Nigerian Constitution and sense of fairness.

The association said it is obligatory to it as the representative of the people to point out to concerned authorities issues that do not dovetail with the wishes of the indigenes, whose interest it is serving

“It’s in this regard that we call on the Lagos State Government, the APC Leaders in Lagos Island and all others concerned in the exercise of appointing, nominating, recommending etc, to revisit the 39 names as published and do holistic reappraisal to justify equity and balance of distribution,” the statement said.