Bamgbose-Martins is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE), a Member of the Institute of Highway Transportation (MIHT), and a Registered Engineer (COREN).
By Jeffrey Agbo
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins as the new Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development following the resignation of Idris Salako.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, announced this on Wednesday at Alausa, Ikeja.
“This is to inform the general public that Mr. Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Engr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins as the new Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development.
“He is replacing Dr. Idris Salako who resigned his appointment recently. The appointed commissioner is coming with a wealth of experience as a former Commissioner of Special Duties, a technocrat you can rely on,” Omotoso said.
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Salako tendered his resignation letter last Monday, barely 24 hours after a seven-storey building collapsed on Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru Road, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island. No fewer than six persons died in the incident.
Until this appointment, Bamgbose-Martins was the Commissioner for Special Duties.
Bamgbose-Martins obtained his first degree in civil engineering from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University).
He got his master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Lagos majoring in Highways/Transportation, according to the state’s website.
He has embarked on both local and international programmes.
Bamgbose-Martins is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE), a Member of the Institute of Highway Transportation (MIHT), and a Registered Engineer (COREN).