Then Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Engr Joe Igbokwe into the Lagos State Government in 2006 as the pioneer General Manager of Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance & Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA) and he served there for more than 10 years contributing significantly to the quest to make Lagos a Smart City. In 2105, he was appointed as the pioneer Chairman of Wharf Landing Fees Collecting Authority, WLFCA in Apapa serving till his appointment as a member of the cabinet of Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Joe Igbokwe has been the Publicity Secretary of the State chapter of the defunct Action Congress (AC), which later fused into Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and metamorphosed into All Progressives Congress (APC) since 2007 and has been the Pioneer Chairman of Conference of APC Publicity Secretaries across Nigeria since 2014.
He is a member of Nigerian Society of Engineers, (NSE), a member of Council for the Regulation Of Engineering in Nigeria, (COREN) and is married to Dr (Mrs) Grace Igbokwe and blessed with children.
