Category: Legislative Report

Wale Jagun The lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Ogunleye Gbolahan Adetokunbo (OGA), has urged students in Ikorodu, to always strive for academic excellence if they want to be great in life. Ogunleye, who said that he is interested in assisting students to unlock their potentials towards developing Ikorodu, also said that he has constituted a committee to mentor them. The State lawmaker gave the charge during the week, after distributing free GCE forms to 100 beneficiaries in Ikorodu, at his Constituency…

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Our Editor Twenty out of the 39 nominees whose names were recently sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the Lagos State House of Assembly have so far been screened by a committee of the House which began sitting on Sunday. Eromosele Ebhomele, Media Assistant to the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, in a statement said that it is expected that all the cabinet nominees would have been screened by Wednesday when the exercise is expected to end. On Monday, the committee grilled Mrs. Adetoke Benson- Awoyinka, immediate past Special…

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Kunle Adelabu The residents of Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have been assured of many more developmental projects to come into their community.This was the assurance given by the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajide Benson, at the commissioning of the Obun Ale market and the vocational centre in ljede. Rep. Benson, who was represented by Mayor Deen Sanwoola, the Director – General, iCare Foundation, the operational platform of the lawmaker, speaking at the commissioning, expressed delight at the…

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Jare Olukotun The President of the Nigerian Senate, His Excellency, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio has named the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions for the 10th Senate. Abiru served as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries in the 9th National Assembly. Senator Akpabio unveiled names of chairmen and vice-chairmen of the standing committees, after the Senate resumed from its break at 9.59pm on Monday. The session ended 10.47pm. Senator Abiru, a retired…

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Kunle Adelabu The representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), would be unveiling his representative plans for the people of his constituency, to commemorate his 100 Days in office. Hon. Aro would unveil a ‘Tech Program’ which is part of his campaign promises in the area of educational development, to expose students and graduates to modern ICT programmes towards making his young constituents competitive. This is one out of the several programmes that the state lawmaker hinted that he…

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Wale Jagun The three term representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has joined voices with the residents of his constituency to state that Ikorodu deserves more than one Commissioner in the second cabinet of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo –Olu, based on the support given to the ruling and promises made to them. Benson described the one slot allotted to Ikorodu, out of the 39 proposed names, as a mistake which leadership of the party in Ikorodu, are doing everything to correct. The federal lawmaker…

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Wale Jagun -Announces plans for Ori – Okuta, Gberigbe The representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has hinted that the completed 80 – bed Mother and Child medical facility at Imota, in lmota Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, will be commissioned this month for the use of his constituents. The hospital was facilitated in 2021, by the lawmaker. Rep. Benson revealed this on Saturday, during the tour of the Agbele and Erunwen roads that he facilitated. He also announced his plan…

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Wale Jagun -Ikorodu rep, others protest exclusion The Lagos State House of Assembly, has set up a committee to screen the nominations of the Governor Babajide Sanwo – Olu, for the cabinet positions. The screening committee is chaired by House Chief Whip, Hon. Fatai Mojeed, with the mandate to screen and report back to the House. The governor had sent a list comprising 39 names to the Assembly last Friday, which has generated so much controversies as different parts of the state, are protesting, either that they are not included…

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Wale Jagun The iCare Food Bank has launched a special food distribution package for 5000 residents of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, to relieve them of the burden caused by the fuel subsidy removal. The group, which is the operational platform of the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has been distributing between 500 and 600 food packages to vulnerable constituents since 2016, when the initiative was launched. In a statement signed by Rep. Benson on Tuesday, residents were asked to nominate vulnerable individuals or families that they know…

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