Category: Legislative Report

Mariam Akinloye The representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, who was recently reappointed as the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has said that his reappointment presented him the opportunity to serve the country further, especially in the area of providing the necessary legislative support towards finding solutions to insecurity. Benson, who is representing Ikorodu for the third term, also said that the new appointment will also aid his representation to his constituency. He reacted to his reappointment by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abass,…

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Wale Jagun -As Benson, Faleke retain defense, finance committees The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has inaugurated 134 standing committees for the 10th Assembly. Abbas, with these appointments increased the number of the standing committees by 25. The speaker made the announcement of the Committee chairmen also named their deputies at plenary on Thursday The former chairman of Appropriation, Hon Aliyu Betara, was appointed as the Chairman FCT; former Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ahmed Wase got the Chairman Committee on Federal Character and former Majority Leader,…

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Wale Jagun -As application for Cohort 3 opens Students from the public schools in the Lagos East Senatorial District, will now participate in the STEM training being organized by the SAIL Innovation Lab, Ikorodu. The initiator/sponsor of the programme and the representative of the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, made the disclosure at the graduation ceremony for the 30 successful students of the Cohort 2, at the weekend. Interested members of the public have been called upon to enter for the Cohort 3 programme at the SAIL Innovation…

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Kunle Adelabu The House of Representatives has constituted an ad-hoc committee to screen the recently appointed Service Chiefs by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The committee will be headed by the former Chairman, House Committee on Defense and three – term representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson. Rt. Hon. Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, PhD, made the announcement on Tuesday at a plenary, He also said that all the eight principal officers of the House from the majority and minority parties would be part of the ad-hoc committee. The Majority…

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Kunle Adelabu-6000 benefited as he pledges quarterly distribution Few weeks after his inauguration as Senator in the 10th Senate of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Mikhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, has returned with a food programme initiative. Six thousand food packs containing garri, wheat, macaroni, vegetable oil, indomie, butter, salt, spaghetti, semovita and other food items prepared and packaged by a food producing company in the country, were distributed across lkorodu, Kosofe, Epe/Ibeju Lekki, Kosofe/Agboyi Ketu/Ikosi Isheri and…

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Mariam Akinloye The iCare Foundation, the working team of the three term representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has distributed the 2023 Ileya edition of its monthly food distribution to vulnerable residents. Over 500 residents across the Ikorodu Local Government and five Local Council Development Areas (LCAs) that made up the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, benefited from the lawmaker’s gesture.The event was held at his constituency office along the Igbogbo/Ebute Road, Igbogbo in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Saturday. The federal lawmaker has been…

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Kunle Adelabu Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and the choice of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Godswill Akpabio has emerged the President of the 10th Senate . He polled 63 votes to defeat Senator Abdulaziz Yari, who got 46 votes Senator Ali Ndume nominated Senator Godswill Akpabi, after reading the biography and was seconded by Senator Olamilekan Solomon Yayi from Ogun state. On the other hand, Senator Ishaku Abbo nominated Senator Abdul Aziz Yari as Senate President.

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Kunle Adelabu-Sets agenda for 10th Assembly A former member of the 9th Senate who represented the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Mikhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has commended the outgone Senate for exceeding all expectations in the last four years that its session lasted. Abiru, who stated that the Senate passed historic bills that are addressing critical areas of the economy, also added that the National Assembly under the session succeeded in the passage of the bills to ensure the much needed reform in the petroleum sector which has been able…

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