Category: Legislative Report

Kunle Adelabu The 103 constituents of Ikorodu that just graduated from the agricultural training facilitated by the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Benson, will be allocated a plot each by the Ministry of Agriculture. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Lagos State, Ms. Bisola Ruth Olusanya,  represented the Governor at the graduation ceremony held at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Oshodi,  on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Hon. Benson facilitated the two – week agricultural training in Crop Production and Animal Husbandry (Poultry/Snail Production/Piggery/Cattle and Goat Breeding) in conjunction…

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Kunle Adelabu In his efforts to promote food security in his constituency, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has facilitated a 2 – week food production training for his constituents. The two – term lawmaker who has been organising monthly foodbank programmes, is organising the training in conjunction with the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC). 100 qualified applicants will be picked from the submitted applications to participate in the training which will hold between March 16th, 2021 to 29th of March, 2021. According to…

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Wale Jagun The South West Legislative Reform Implementation Committee (SLRIC) led by the Lagos Majority Leader, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, has embarked on tour of the six – Southwest State Houses of Assembly to monitor the compliance level of the harmonized rules and standing orders. As part of the efforts to restructure the Houses of Assembly for better performance and good governance, the Speakers in the Southwestern part of the country inaugurated the SLRIC to harmonise legislative rules in the region for uniformity. According to the release signed by the SLRIC…

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Wale Jagun The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday announced the chairmen of the reconstituted 38 standing committees of the House. The Speaker urged the new chairmen to act in ways to make the House truly seen as carrying out its oversight functions in the best interests of the people. The following are the newly constituted committees and their chairmen: 1. Sanai Agunbiade – Business Rules and Standing Order 2. Mojisola Meranda – Ethics, Protocols and Privileges 3. Sarajudeen Tijani –…

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The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday re-emphasized the need for the establishment of state police in the country. His call, which was made on the floor of the House through a motion, was unanimously supported by the lawmakers present at the sitting. Obasa said it was encouraging seeing that a former president and other former top government officials of the nation had joined in the call for state police. The Speaker said the country should be seen as practicing true federalism…

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The Lagos House of Assembly, late Monday (yesterday), passed into law a bill banning the activities of cultists and related illegal societies across the state. In the new law, anyone found guilty of cultism activities will get 21-year imprisonment while a 15-year jail term is stipulated for anyone convicted of abetting cultists or who allows his premises to be used by cultists as a meeting place. The law titled: ‘A law to provide for the prohibition of unlawful societies and cultism in Lagos state and for other connected purposes’, states…

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area, Builder Sesan Daini, on Thursday (yesterday) presented the sum of N2, 210, 631, 993. 81, to the Council’s Legislative Arm, as the proposed budget for 2021, for approval. At the presentation of the budget tagged, ‘Budget of Resounding Expectations and Sustainable Goals”, the Chairman urged the honourable members of the House to pass the proposed budget which he said is meant to care for the people’s aspirations as presented to the House. He said that the proposed budget took into…

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Kunle Adelabu Relief may be coming the way of residents and other road users in the Agura/Gberigbe axis of the Ikorodu division as the road, which has been completely collapsed for many years and inflicting untoward hardship on the users, is set for rehabilitation. THE IMPACT gathered that the rehabilitation is being facilitated by no other person than the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson. A source informed our reporter that the two – term lawmaker who has been lobbying for the…

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Kunle Adelabu -Plans offices in five councils in Lagos East As promised during his campaign for the Lagos East Senatorial seat in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, Sen. Adetokunbo Mikhail Abiru has unveiled his programmes for his constituents. He announced his plans for Empowerment, Skill Acquisitions, Scholarships and Interest Free – Loan programmes and stated that they are scheduled to commence at the end of March this year. Another programme, COVID Relief Support aimed at supporting about 2000 constituents bi monthly, will kick – off this…

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Kunle Adelabu In furtherance of his support for the vulnerable constituents who may have been badly affected by the effects of the ravaging COVID – 19 pandemic, the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Mr Adetokunbo Mikhail Abiru, has announced his monthly relief support programme. Announcing his COVID Relief Support package at a meeting with the 16 Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Local Government Area and Chairman of the Chairmens’ Forum in each LGA at his District in Ikorodu on Saturday, January 23, Sen. Abiru said that…

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