The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ogun State Council has congratulated the three newly appointed Ministers from Ogun State, Olawale Edun, Bosun Tijani and Ishaq Kunle Salako as they were sworn in by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, 21st August, 2023.
Great Achiever Magazine reports that in a statement by Ogun NUJ Chairman, Comrade Wale Olanrewaju and Secretary, Comrade Bunmi Adigun, President Tinubu was commended for his choice of appointees from Ogun State and also for approving three slots for the state being the Gateway to Nigeria.
The council thereafter charged the three Ministers who will be working in actualizing the president's Renewed Hope Agenda to leverage on the opportunity offered them by leaving indelible marks on the sands of time as well as take full advantage of the offices to provide quality services to Nigerians.
The statement adds that the ministers must be team players by joining hands with the President to renew the hope of Nigerians and also be good ambassadors of Ogun state as they will be representing the interest of over seven million indigenes of the state.
Olawale Edun, who has a background in merchant banking, corporate finance, economics and international finance at both national and international levels, is from Abeokuta South in Ogun Central Senatorial District and has been inaugurated as the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.
Bosun Tijani, born on 20th July, 1977 is an Entrepreneur, Co-founder and CEO of Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading Pan-African innovation and technology centre.
Tijani is widely acknowledged as a pioneer and industry leader in the African technology ecosystem and was named as one of the 100 Most Influential People on the continent by New Africa Magazine. He is from Abeokuta South in Ogun Central Senatorial District and will man Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy Ministry.
Ishaq Kunle Salako is a medical practitioner and former Commissioner for Health in Ogun State. He’s the Co-ordinator, Ogun West Stakeholders Forum. He is from Aiyetoro in Ogun West Senatorial District and will be Minister of State, Environment.
‘’Having gone through the track records and their past experiences cum positions assigned, it is no doubt that they can make the state and the country proud in their different portfolios’’.
The council wishes them all the best on the journey of a Renewed Hope.
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