Lagos HoS Now President Tinubu Principal Secretary

By Ayodele Oni

Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, is now  Principal secretary to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Okunola’s appointment came alongside 15 other appointees, including Tanko Yakasai, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, and Moremi Ojudu.

The 51-year-old Legal Practitioner had worked for President Tinubu during his years as the Governor of Lagos State.

He served as a Personal Assistant to Tinubu during his stint as governor.

His journey to the Lagos State Civil Service dates back to the early 2000s, when he served as Executive Secretary of the Land Use and Allocation Committee, Permanent Secretary and later Head of Service.

Moremi Ojudu, the first daughter of Babafemi Ojudu, the former Special Political Adviser to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, was appointed as a Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement in the Southwest zone.

Tanko Yakasai, Chioma Nweze, Abiodun Essiet, and Abdulhamid Yahaya Abba were similarly appointed to serve the other five geographical zones.

Yakasai is for North West, Essiet North Central, Nweze South East, Yahaya Abba North East.

The appointment batch also showed that former deputy governor of Lagos, Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, has been reappointed as SSAP Sustainable Development Goals.

The President also approved the appointment of Tope Kolade Fasua as the Special Adviser on Economic Affairs in the office of the Vice President.

The 52-year-old Fasua announced his appointment via his social media handle on Friday, September 15.