The former commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State, Prince Gbolahan Lawal has emerged as the Oniru-Elect of Iruland.
His emergence followed the approval by the Lagos State Executive Council.
It was gathered that his nomination and appointment was ratified on Friday, June 5 during the State’s Executive Council meeting.
According to a statement made available to journalists by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Akosile, the appointment of Prince Lawal as the Oniru-Elect takes immediate effect.
The Oniru-Elect is a seasoned administrator who holds an Executive MSc in CITIES from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Prince Lawal served as an Aide-de-camp [ADC] to the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu before he retired voluntarily from the Nigerian Police in 2008 as a Superintendent of Police.
He was also a former Senior Special Assistant on Special Projects to a former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN). and later appointed as the Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives in Lagos State in 2011.
He was appointed as the Commissioner for Housing by former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State in October 2015, a position he held until May 2019.
In 2019, Gbolahan Lawal was reappointed as the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture in Lagos State by the current Governor of the State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Prince Gbolahan Lawal, succeeds late Oba Idowu Abiodun, former Oniru of Iruland, who passed on in the year 2019 at the age of 82.