Lagos Senator Pays Vulnerable Constituents For 17 Consecutive Months

Jare Babatunde Vulnerable residents in Lagos East Senatorial District have continued to receive COVID – 19 Relief Financial Assistance from the senator representing the District, Sen. Mikhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA. The direct payment to the 2,500 beneficiaries on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, made it the 17 consecutive months of such payment to electorates by Abiru as part of his support for vulnerable constituents of cushioning the effect of the pandemic. According to Mr Enitan Olukotun, the Special Adviser to the Senator on Media and Publicity, beneficiaries of the scheme were…

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Construction Work Resumes On Abandoned Paul Palmer Street, Extends To Connect Igbe Road

Kunle Adelabu Construction work has resumed on the Paul Palmer Street, two years and six months after it was abandoned. The road, which is a major link road that connects several streets within the Ife Oluwa Community Development Association (CDA) in Igbogbo area of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, to Igbogbo Road, was abandoned by the contractor. But work is not just resuming on the 330metre road project facilitated by the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Defense,…

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Rep Benson Pledges To Stage Massive Empowerment Programme In June

Kunle Adelabu The Representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Defense Committee, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has assured members of his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), that he would stage a mega empowerment proramme in June. Benson, who is the Otun of Ikorodu Division elect, also pledged to empower all the LGA and Ward executives during the programme which he said would hold in first week of June. The young lawmaker made the revelation at a meeting he called to present gifts to LGA and Ward…

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Hon. Agunbiade Empowers Constituents With Mini-Buses, Sewing Machines, POS Machines

Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Nigerian Majority Leaders Forum and the Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, has empowered 10 residents with mini – buses as part of his empowerment programmes. Another 10 skilled residents were also given 10 sewing machines while five others got POS machines with N50, 000 each to start their businesses. The empowerment tools were presented at a programme held at the four term lawmaker’s constituency office on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, and was attended by party and community leaders, party members and…

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Eid-El-Fitr: Senator Tokunbo Abiru Celebrates With Leaders; Presents Outstanding Achievements In 16 Months

Speech Delivered At The 2022 Eid-El-Fitr Celebrations and Meeting with Political Leaders Across The Lagos East Senatorial District, By Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru On Monday 2, May 2022.     Protocols  Felicitations My political journey started on September 3, 2020, after I had spent about thirty (30) years of successful career in banking with accomplishments such as: Executive Director in First Bank (2013 – 16) Managing Director – Polaris Bank (2018 -2020) Group Managing Director – Skyebank (2016-2018) Commissioner of Finance, Lagos State Government (2011-13). So, precisely on Thursday September 3, 2020,…

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I Am Ikorodu’s Glowing, Shinning Face In The Legislature – Hon. Agunbiade, Lagos Majority Leader

Kunle Adelabu -Declares for another term The Majority Leader of the Lagos State Assembly and representative of Ikorodu Constituency I, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade has said that he has made Ikorodu proud with his representations at the State, Southwest and across the federation. The ranking legislator said this while declaring his intention to run for the fifth term as the representative of the Ikorodu Constituency I in the State House of Assembly come 2023. The fourth – term lawmaker, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria’s State Majority Leaders Forum and…

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Ikorodu Residents Get iCare Easter Food Packs

Wale Jagun & Gabriel Eweje -Party Ward Chairmen assure of Rep. Benson’s re – election The iCare Foundation, the operational platform of Hon Babajimi Benson, the representative of the lkorodu Constituency, on Saturday, April 15, 2022, put smiles on the faces of about 500 vulnerable families with the distribution of its monthly food packs, popularly called ‘Apo-Anu’, to mark the Easter celebration and ongoing Ramadan fasting. Like the previous editions, the distribution exercise was held at the Hon. Benson’s constituency office along lgbogbo road, Ebute, lkorodu. The two – term…

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Senator Tokunbo Abiru Leads Debate On Franchise Regulation Bill

Wale Jagun The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, led a debate on the Franchise Regulation Bill, 2022, that seeks to create a framework for franchise system and guide the relationship between franchisors and franchisees in Nigeria. This came barely a week after the Senate passed a Bill for An Act To Repeal The Copyright Act C28 LFN 2004 and To Re-enact The Copyright Act 2021, which was partly sponsored by Senator Tokunbo…

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NAFRC Skill Acquisition Beneficiaries Empowered To Contribute To National Development – Rep Benson

Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, House Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has said that the 150 participants in the two weeks Skill Acquisition training at the National Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) have been empowered to contribute to national development. He charged them to use the skills they have acquired during their training to create employment opportunities and remain competitive in the labour market by developing themselves. The two – term lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, made these statements in his speech as the Special Guest of Honour…

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Senator Abiru’s COVID – 19 Financial Assistance Beneficiaries Increase To 2,820

Wale Jagun  Beneficiaries of the monthly COVID-19 financial  assistance of Senator Adetokunbo Mikhail Abiru, FCA, has increased to 2,820 from 2, 500 after the lawmaker representing the Lagos East Senatorial District added 320 more to the number that has been receiving the monthly stipends15 months back. The financial support was initiated to support vulnerable constituents in cushioning the effects of the COVID – 19 pandemic that ravaged the world two  years back. According to statement signed by Enitan Olukotun, Special Adviser To Senator Tokunbo Abiru (Media and Publicity), 2,820 beneficiaries…

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