Ministerial Nominee: How Fashola secured endorsement of Lagos senators

 

L-R: Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and Former Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola

Former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola has secured the nomination of the three senators from the state.

Senators Oluremi Tinubu, Solomon Adeola and Gbenga Ashafa approved the nomination of the former Chief of Staff of Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Fashola was the Lagos State Governor from May 29, 2007 to May 29, 2015. As a candidate of the Action Congress party, now known as the All Progressives Congress, Fashola succeeded Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on 14 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007. He was re-elected on 26 April 2011.
He was called to the Nigerian Bar as a solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in November 1988 after completing the professional training programme at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos which he undertook between 1987 and 1988.