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The deputy governor of Lagos State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Lagos State, after the governor of Lagos State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.
The past Executive Council [9] was serving under the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration who took office as the 15th Governor of Lagos State on 29 May 2019. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In the months after the inauguration, Sanwo-Olu nominated various members of the Executive Council, mostly in batches on July 15 [ 13 ] and August 13. [ 14 ]
This is a list of administrators and governors of Lagos State. Lagos State was formed on 27 May 1967 from Colony province and Lagos federal territory. The Office of is responsible for the effective coordination of all government activities for Lagos State.
In the election, Lagos State voted for Peter Obi (LP); Obi won the state with 45.8% of the vote, beating Bola Tinubu (APC) at 45.0% and Atiku Abubakar (PDP) at 6.0%. Considered a massive upset—especially considering Lagos is Tinubu's home state and projections had favored Tinubu—the result led to increased focus on the gubernatorial race. [103]
Both men ran together a campaign that went to different parts of the state. [15] On 10 March 2019, after the election, Dr. Hamzat was declared Deputy Governor-Elect of Lagos State by the Independent National Electoral Commission and presented a Certificate of Return. [16]
The Governor is directly elected by the people through a registered political party to a four-year term, and is one of only two elected state officers, the other being the Deputy Governor. [19] Chapter six of the 1999 constitution Nigeria as amended sets the requirements to hold the office. [20] [21] A governor must:
Lagos State Government is the government of Lagos State, concerned with the administration of the state ministries. [1] The government consists of the executive, legislative and Judiciary. [2] The government is headed by the Governor who is the policy-maker and often assisted by the commissioners and other civil servants of the state. [3]
Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu [1] (born 25 June 1965) [2] [3] [4] is a Nigerian politician who has served as the governor of Lagos State since 2019. [6]Sanwo-Olu became governor under the platform of the All Progressives Congress after winning the APC gubernatorial primaries against then-incumbent governor, Akinwunmi Ambode who had fallen out of favour with his alleged political sponsor.