Hon Dr. Henry Dele Alake

Writer, author and a seasoned media professional, Mr. Oladele Alake, the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals was the Honourable Commissioner for Information & Strategy in Lagos, Nigeria’s most industrial and cosmopolitan state between 1999 and 2007. In that capacity, he was involved in formulating the strategic and tactical initiatives which made the administration of Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, then the Governor of Lagos State to record outstanding achievements. These marked its record of excellence in industry, finance, education, health, employment and community development. Among the celebrated achievements of the administration are the computerisation of government operations, environmental reforms, Bar Beach reclamation project, increase in revenue generation from N600 million to N7 billion in eight years, N15 billion rehabilitation of the Lagos Island Business District, Lagos Independent Power Project, construction of millennium schools, establishment of new general