The Lagos State Government has concluded arrangement to empower communities to execute over 250 self-help projects across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs of the state. Special Adviser to the Governor on Community and Communications, Akeem Sulaimon disclosed this on Monday at a stakeholders’ meeting with Community Development Associations, CDAs in all the 57 councils held in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He said the governor was bent on taken development to the grassroots and that as such, communities in the 57 councils would be…
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Lagos To Empower Communities To Execute 250 Grassroots Projects
The Lagos State Government has concluded arrangement to empower communities to execute over 250 self-help projects across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs of the state. Special Adviser to the Governor on Community and Communications, Akeem Sulaimon disclosed this on Monday at a stakeholders’ meeting with Community Development Associations, CDAs in all the 57 councils held in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He said the governor was bent on taken development to the grassroots and that as such, communities in the 57 councils would be…
Read MoreBamigbetan Charges LASRAB On Value Added Services
In continuation of his familiarization tour of Agencies under the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy, the Commissioner in the Ministry, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan has charged the State Records & Archives Bureau (LASRAB) to introduce value-added services by packaging historical materials for public consumption such as production of books/journals on the history of various towns in the State. Speaking during his familiarization tour to the Bureau, the Commissioner assured the Bureau of the installation of the second phase of the archives management system automated shelf before the end of…
Read MoreAmbode Lauds Ford Foundation $600,000 Donation For Lagos Museum Project
-Unveils plans to build Contemporary Museum in Ikeja Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday lauded an international organisation, Ford Foundation for donating $600,000 (about N216million) towards the architectural design and commencement of the iconic Lagos Museum Project to be located in Presidential Lodge and Lagos House in Marina. The Governor has also unveiled plans by the State Government to build a modern museum in Ikeja to promote arts and sciences in addition to the Marina museum. Speaking at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja when he received…
Read MoreLagos Abolishes Cash Payment In Revenue Collection
Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government, on Monday, February 19, 2018, flagged off the electronic payment of Land Use Charge in the state. The Governor also announced that the State Government will no longer accept cash payment in revenue collection effective from March 1, 2018. During the formal introduction of the e-payment platform of Land Use Charge, Mr. Ambode became the first homeowner in the state to pay his tax into the newly-opened Land Use Charge Account at the Guaranty Trust Bank, Opebi Branch, Ikeja. …
Read MoreLagos To Inaugurate First-Ever Tourism Calendar, Summit
Kunle ADELABU -Tourism virtual equipment unveiled The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & culture, Mr Steve Ayorinde, has stated that the state is ready to produce tourism calendar which is the first of such in the country. He revealed this at the 2018 Tourism Innovation and Development Advantage (TIDA) Conference held at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Kofo Abayomi in Victoria Island, Lagos,on Thursday, February 15, 2018, while also stating that the State would host the first-ever tourism summit. The TIDA conference is an initiative…
Read MoreLagos Commissioner Calls For More Media Partnership With Government
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan has called for a more robust relationship between the mass media and the State Government. Bamigbetan who spoke in Lagos on Tuesday when he led his management team on courtesy visits to The Nation and Business Day Newspapers explained that the call became imperative in order to effectively educate and enlighten members of the public in government’s policies, programmes and activities. He opined that his visits were informed by the need to appreciate and commend the newspapers for their efforts…
Read MoreLAGESC Tasked On Indiscriminate Dumping Of Refuse
The Commissioner for the Environment, Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti has tasked operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) on 24-hour surveillance of the Lagos environs in a bid to stem indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the highways. Durosinmi-Etti gave this charge during a meeting with the Corps Marshal and Operational Heads of LAGESC in Alausa on Thursday. He said that henceforth LAGESC operational vehicles should be strategically positioned to herald the visibility of the Agency, stressing that effective deployment of officers and vehicles would go a long way to re-position…
Read MoreHon Agunbiade Facilitates Free Ride For Ikorodu Commuters On Valentine Day
Kunle ADELABU February 14, 2018, would go down in history of Ikorodu division as one of the most memorable and impactful day as Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, aside instituting a one year health plans for over a thousand residents, also paid transport fares for many commuters in celebration of the world acclaimed day of love. While the medical programme was going on at the Ayangbure palace, a team, called “Team SOB”, put in place by the ranking lawmaker…
Read MoreOver 1000 Ikorodu Residents Benefitted From Hon. Agunbiade’s One Year Health Plans
-Commendations, endorsements trail Hon. Agunbiade’s representation Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN 1,207 residents of Ikorodu division who cut across all ages and class benefitted from one year health plans of Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Representative of Ikorodu Constituency I. The beneficiaries were also provided with free Blood Pressure (BP), Sugar and malaria tests at the commencement of the health plans event tagged, ‘Ilera L’oro’ (Health Is Wealth) which was held at the Ayangbure palace in Ikorodu on Wednesday ,…
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