Sanwo-Olu appoints Ogunbanwo, five others as Lagos Permanent Secretaries

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of six new permanent secretaries in the state civil service, including Olatunbosun Sunday Ogunbanwo, former Director of Public Affairs at the Ministry of Health.

The appointments take immediate effect, according to a circular dated October 13, 2026, with reference number CIR/HOS/’26/071, signed by the state Head of Service, Bode Agoro.

Agoro said the appointments were aimed at reinvigorating the state’s policy implementation machinery and strengthening administrative operations across government ministries, departments and agencies.

Ogunbanwo, also known as Tubo, is a media relations and public communication professional who previously served as Director of Public Affairs at the Lagos State Ministry of Health.

The five other appointees are Dr Mahadiyu Olawale Adegbite, Director of Medical Services at the Health Service Commission; Folashade Aina Thomas-Orogan, Director of State Counsel at the Ministry of Justice; and Mubashiru Adebayo Haroun, also Director of State Counsel at the Ministry of Justice.

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Others are Margret Olayinka Oye-Bamgbose, Director of Administration and Human Resources at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), and Toyin Bilquees Adekoya, Principal/Director of Education District VI.

The appointments cover key areas of government administration, including public communication, healthcare delivery, legal services, human resources and education.

The Head of Service congratulated the appointees and wished them successful tenures, adding that their respective deployments would be announced in due course.

The elevation of the six officials forms part of the state government’s efforts to strengthen its senior administrative cadre and support the implementation of government policies and programmes.