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COVID – 19 Relief Packs: 10, 000 Residents Benefit From iCare Foodbank 3rd Phase Distribution

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu 10, 000 residents across Ikorodu division have been lined up to benefit from the 3rd Phase of the iCare Foundation Food bank’s food palliatives for the vulnerable people to cushion the effects of the extended lockdown aimed at containing the spread of COVID – 19. The iCare Foundation foodbank, a laudable initiative of Honourable Babajimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja, had reached out to women and other residents across Ikorodu division through the Community Development Associations (CDAs) and…

Effects of COVID –19 Are Scary, Our People Can Do Better In Complying With Lockdown Directive – Hon. Benson

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The Representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Defense, House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson, has expressed his displeasures over the level of compliance to the, stay – at – home directive by the government in Ikorodu. He said that the effects of the deadly disease are scary and charged people of Ikorodu division to do better by improving on their level of compliance to the stay – at – home order. The lawmaker stated this while responding to questions from journalists at his constituency…

iCare Foundation Gives Out Food Items To 4,500 Families At Easter To Ease COVID –19 Lockdown Effects

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu To many residents in the Ikorodu Federal Constituency who have been lamenting over the economic and social hardship of the lockdown order by the government in containing the spread of the Coronavirus, the distribution of food items by the iCare Foundation across Ikorodu division on Easter Sunday April 12, 2020 (yesterday) was coming at the right time. A staggering number of 4,500 families across the Federal Constituency comprising of six Local Government (LG) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) were presented with bags/packs of food items to achieve…

CONVID -19 Lockdown: Hon. Solaja Relieves 3,000 Constituents With Food Items

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Walle Jagun Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts and the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Nurudeen Saka Solaja, on Saturday, April 4, 2020, distributed food items to 3,000 beneficiaries in his constituency. According to Bibire, the lawmaker’s political machinery, the gesture, which cut across the three council areas in Ikorodu Constituency II – Igbogbo/Bayeku, Ijede and Imota Local Council Development Areas, was in support of the ongoing Lagos State COVID-19 Emergency Food Response initiated by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. According to the statement signed…

Hon. Agunbiade Distributes Food Items To Cushion CONVID -19 Lockdown Effects

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu More interventions, in form of social aid, to cushion the effects of the current lockdown of Lagos State, due to the CONVID – 19 pandemic, continued in Ikorodu on Wednesday (yesterday) as the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the representative of the Ikorodu Constituency I, Hon. Sanai Oyeniran Bolanle, distributed 2000 bags of food items to residents. The bags, which contained garri, indomie, sphagetti, macaroni and other items, were distributed to residents in various parts of the Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest,…

Ikorodu Federal Lawmaker Empower 250 Constituents Production Of Sanitiser, Soap, Others

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu -Give each N50, 000 as startup capital 250 constituents of Ikorodu Federal Constituency were during the week engaged on how to how take economic benefits of the Coronavirus epidemic that is ravaging the country and sustain themselves thereafter. The training which was facilitated by Hon. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, the representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives in Abuja, trained beneficiaries who were divided into sessions for three days on making hand sanitizer, soap, paint, air freshner, izal among others for domestic and commercial purposes. Beneficiaries…

Lagos Majority Leader To Distribute Food Items, Other Essential Materials To Residents

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu About 1500 households are scheduled to benefit from the distribution of food items and other essential materials that would be sponsored by the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the representative of Ikorodu Constituency l, Hon. Sanai Oyeniran Agunbiade. According to the four-term lawmaker, the gesture is to compliment the efforts of the Lagos State Government in cushioning the effects of the total lockdown in the state in an effort to contain the health pandemic caused by the outbreak of Coronavirus. This and other…

We Can Overcome Coronavirus Like China, Italy, Others – Hon. Solaja

March 31, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The representative of Ikorodu Constituency II and Chairman, House on Public Accounts Committee (State), Hon. Nurudeen Saka Solaja, has expressed optimism that Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole can deal with the Coronavirus epidemic if residents stay at home and maintain other precautionary measures stipulated by the government. Hon. Solaja spoke with THE IMPACT on Monday (yesterday) hours after President Muhammudu Buhari declared total restriction in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun to contain the spread of Coronavirus. A total number of 111 cases had been recorded in Nigeria…

Lagos Assembly Passes Coronavirus Bill

March 26, 2020 Impact Newspaper

The Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) on Thursday passed a bill to combat and stop the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. The Speaker of LAHA, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, made this known during its plenary in Lagos. PMNEWS reports that Obasa noted that the bill, which had 25 sections in all, is titled, “A Bill for a Law to Combat and Stop the Spread of Coronavirus Pandemic in Lagos State and for Connected Purposes”. He explained that the bill was initiated to reduce the spread of the…

Lagos Assembly Recalls Suspended Lawmakers

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Impact Newspaper

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday lifted the suspension of two lawmakers, Moshood Oshun and Raheem Kazeem, who were earlier suspended indefinitely The duo were suspended on March 9, for alleged misconduct and action that could destabilise the House. Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Assembly made the announcement at the start of plenary on Thursday. According to Obasa, the Governor’s Advisory Council and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, called a meeting earlier in the week to intervene in the matter.…