AMBODE APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY TRUST FUND

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday approved the appointment of Oye Hassan-Odukale as the new Chairman of the State Security Trust Fund Board of Trustees.The appointment will be subject to the ratification of the state House of Assembly.Hassan-Odukale succeeds Chief Remi Makanjuola, whose tenure as Chairman of the Board of Trustees has expired after serving two terms.

In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, Ambode also named a former Deputy Majority Leader in the state House of Assembly, Dr. Abdulrasak Mobolaji Balogun, as the Executive Secretary of the Fund.This followed the resignation of Fola Arthur Worrey.

The Governor also approved the appointment of other members of the board of Trustees of the LSSTF.They include the Managing Director of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe; Yemi Idowu; Opeyemi Agbaje; the Managing Director of UBA, Philips Osuoza; and DIG Isreal Ajao (rtd).

Other members of the Board of Trustees named by Ambode are the Commissioner for Housing, Gbolahan Lawal; and Special Adviser, Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment, Prof. Ademola Abass.The appointment of Balogun, who holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Maiduguri and Masters in Public Administration and Public Health from the Lagos State University and the University of Lagos respectively takes effect from November 10, 2015.

The tenure of the last Board of Trustees of the State Security Trust Fund expires on November 15 this year and the former members have already served for two tenures and are ineligible for another term