Preceded by Rauf Aregbesola Occupation Engineer, Politician Alma mater University of Ibadan Education University of Ibadan | Spouse(s) Mrs Oluremi Hamzat Name Femi Hamzat Nationality Nigerian Profession Engineering | |
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Born September 19, 1964 (age 59)
Lagos, Nigeria ( 1964-09-19 ) | ||
Political party All Progressives Congress | ||
Dr femi hamzat on gdp rebase and youth employment
Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat (popularly known as Femi Hamzat) is the Commissioner for Ministry of Works and Infrastructure in Lagos State, Nigeria. He was appointed as the Commissioner for Ministry of Science & Technology, Lagos State in August 2005. He held that position until June 2011. Thereafter, he was reappointed Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola’s administration on July 4, 2011.
Contents
- Dr femi hamzat on gdp rebase and youth employment
- Background
- Early political career
- Lagos State Man of the Year 2013
- Lagos state forensic laboratory
- Lagos State Residents Registration Agency framework
- References
Background
Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat was born September 19, 1964 in Lagos, Nigeria.
His father, Olatunji Hamzat is an influential politician in Lagos State who served as a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and also as a Commissioner for Transportation in the state (1979 – 1983) before becoming the one time Vice-Chairman SW of then Alliance for Democracy (AD). Olatunji Hamzat would later go on to become the Lagos West Senatorial District leader of the Action Congress, an elder statesman in the Action Congress and a crowned king through his maternal royal lineage.
Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1986 with a degree in Agricultural Engineering and subsequently furthered his studies at home and abroad, resulting in both an MSc. in Crop Processing Engineering (1988) and a Ph.D. in System Process Engineering (1992). Sequel to this, he garnered about two decades of work experience in several organisations including the City of New York, RTP Consulting Services, Columbia University, Merrill Lynch Inc, Morgan Stanley and Oando Plc.
Early political career
In August 2005, Dr. Hamzat was appointed Commissioner for Science and Technology during the tenure of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Dr. Hamzat retained his position when Governor Babatunde Fashola assumed office in 2007. It was during his tenure as Commissioner for Science and Technology that Dr. Hamzat enforced the application of modern technology in the state's ministries, thus changing the face of data and record keeping in Lagos and at the same time eliminating the trend of state ghost workers. It is reported in some quarters that this single act was largely responsible for his elevation as Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure at the commencement of the second term in office of the Governor Fashola's administration. The office had gone on without a commissioner during Fashola’s first four years (post-Rauf Aregbesola's appointment), with only a Special Adviser reporting directly to the governor.
In execution of his mandate, Dr. Hamzat's ministry has completed several key projects for Lagos State in the mega-city era.
Dr. Hamzat has remained a key figure in the Lagos State Government over the past few years and it is widely rumoured that he could be in the running when eventually the party hierarchy decides to begin its search for Fashola’s successor in the run-up to the 2015 elections.
Lagos State Man of the Year 2013
Dr. Hamzat emerged the winner of the fifth edition of the Lagos State Man of the Year Awards in September 2013. Lagos State Man of the Year Winner. The award winner was selected and nominated by a nine-man selection committee comprising renowned academics, writers/researchers and media practitioners.
Lagos state forensic laboratory
In 2005, Dr. Hamzat advocated for the creation of a forensic laboratory that would provide better evidence in the adjudication of criminal cases and unsolved murders in the state. It was widely reported that he made it a priority to see Africa's most populous nation be able to independently investigate criminal incidents. Fortune would be kind to him as his appointment as the Commissioner for Works and Housing paved the way for the commencement of the project in 2013.
Lagos State Residents Registration Agency framework
Widely acclaimed as Lagos State's answer to the U.S. social security number, the agency was established to create a useful database of all residents in Lagos State with a view to, among others, providing useful information for social welfare, political, security, business, employment and financial activities. Governor Babatunde Fashola passed the mandate develop the frame work for implementation of the agency to Dr. Hamzat after he (Governor Fashola) had conceived the idea with then Governor Bola Tinubu.