Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has transmitted to the state House of Assembly names of two individuals he intends to appoint as Commissioners in his cabinet.
They include Dr Afees Abolore Alabi and Jimoh Ali Yusuf, both from Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state.
The Governor is seeking the approval of the House to bring the two nominees on board as members of the State Executive Council.
This is contained in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Engr Yakubu Danladi Salihu, which was read on the floor of the House on Tuesday.
The House has therefore fixed this week Thursday for the screening while the nominees have been directed to submit their credentials to the Clerk of the House latest tomorrow (Wednesday).
While Abolore served as Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development until his resignation recently to vie for the House of Representatives’ ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ilorin East and South Federal Constituency, Ali Yusuf was Deputy Whip of the 10th state House of Assembly.
It would be called that Abolore was a Commissioner in charge of Tertiary Education during the first tenure of Governor AbdulRazaq.
Similarly, Ali Yusuf represented Ilorin East Constituency of the state House of Assembly in the 10th Assembly.
