The Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sworn in Mr Oladotun Olakanle as the new Executive Chairman of the Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in the state, with an appeal to him to make the welfare of the people his priority.
Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony held on Thursday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Governor Sanwo-Olu urged Olakanle to be guided always by the principles of transparency, accountability and probity in the management of public resources entrusted in his care.
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Olakanle, a former Vice Chairman of the Onigbongbo LCDA, became the new council boss following the demise of the immediate past Chairman, Babatunde Oke, who died on Wednesday August 12, 2020.
Gov Sanwo-Olu said, “To succeed in this new position, you must see yourself as a team leader and not take for granted the goodwill of the people of the Onigbongbo LCDA.
“The best way to achieve this is to prioritise the welfare of the people and always be guided by the principles of transparency, accountability and probity in the management of public resources that have been entrusted into your care.
“You are expected to land on your feet, running from Day One and let the residents and citizens of Onigbongbo LCDA feel your impact.
“They have high expectations of you.
“I have no doubt in my mind that you will not betray their trust.”
Responding, Olakanle, who described his emergence as Chairman of the Onigbongbo LCDA as “a divine offer,” assured Sanwo-Olu that he would work towards the actualization of the T.H.E.M.E.S. development agenda in the Onigbongbo LCDA.
“I want to assure Mr. Governor that in this assignment that I am being given to do, I will do it with justice.
“I will do what I am supposed to do and I will try as much as possible to discharge my duties as enshrined in the administrative guidelines of the local government.
“This is an opportunity I never envisaged and which, by the special grace of God, I am not going to take for granted.
“I will commit myself to the service of my local government and in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S. agenda of the present administration in Lagos State,” he said.
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