TENSION MOUNTS AS FASHOLA SEEKS SUCCESSOR (CONTINUED)

This a follow up on the post of who succeeds Gov. Fashola

In the last post, we discussed the biography, works and achievement of Dr. Leke Pitan.

Lets take a look at two other likely contenders


 
Engr. (Dr.) KADRI OBAFEMI HAMZAT

Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat is a product of the University of Ibadan where he graduated with B.Sc. Honours, Second Class Upper Division in Agricultural Engineering (1986) and M.Sc. in Crop Processing Engineering (1988). He thereafter proceeded to the famous Silsoe College, Cranfield University, England where he obtained a Ph.D. in System Process Engineering in 1992. To his credit, he was the first student to complete his doctoral degree within three years in his Department at Cranfield. He also holds a certificate in Computer/Windows Programming (1995) of the Baruch College City University of New York, USA.

A professional engineer, thorough-bred systems integrator, seasoned administrator and consummate manager of men and materials, Engr. Dr. Hamzat has had over two decades of work experience in diverse areas of engineering practice including project management, computer networking, enterprise system assessment, engineering system design and implementation. He has, during this period, held enviable positions in different world-class international organizations, including the following:

• Human Resources Administration Case Manager, City of New York, USA, March 1993 – January 1996.
• Adjunct Professor, College of New Rochelle, New York, USA – February 1995 – January 1997.

• Associate Director, Desktop/System Support, RTP Consulting Services, New York, USA – Adjunct Professor, College of New Rochelle, New York, USA – January 1996 – June 1997.

• Consultant on System and Infrastructural Upgrade, Citibank NA/Compaq Computer Services, New York, USA, June 1997 – September 1999.

• Adjunct Professor, CTA Programme, Columbia University, New York, USA, September 1998 – June 2000.

• Vice-President, Core Technology Support Group, Merrill Lynch Inc., New York, USA, October 1999– July 2002.

• Senior Associate, PC Engineering, Morgan Stanley Inc., New York, USA, July 2002– March 2005.

• CIO and Group Head, IT Strategy, Oando Plc., Lagos, Nigeria, March – July, 2005.

 

  In recognition of his versatility and global experience in engineering practice and ICT development and deployment, Engr. Dr. Hamzat was appointed the Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Science & Technology, Lagos State in August 2005, a position he held with distinction till June 2011. Thereafter, he was reappointed Honourable Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola Administration on the 4th of July, 2011.

Dr. Hamzat has an advantage in his father. His father, Olatunji Hamzat is an influential politician in Lagos State who served as a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and also as a former Commissioner for Transportation in the state (1979 – 1983) before becoming the one time Vice-Chairman South West of then Alliance for Democracy (AD). Olatunji Hamzat later became the Lagos West Senatorial District leader of the Action Congress, an elder statesman in the Action Congress and a coronated king through his maternal royal lineage (in Ogun State).

Dr. Hamzat emerged the winner of the fifth edition of the Lagos State Man of the Year Awards in September 2013. In 2005, he 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.

He is happily married to Mrs. Oluremi Hamzat and the union is blessed with children