Category: Legislative Report

Wale Jagun Following the mobilization of HiTech Construction Company over the Igbogbo/Bola Tinubu/Igbe Laara road last week, the Lagos State Government has also mobilized the construction giant, Arab Contractor, to recommence work on the abandoned Gberigbe-Agura road. The representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), who has been relentless in ensuring that work recommence on the road projects, disclosed on Tuesday. While stating that the remobilization is a major happening in infrastructural developments in Ikorodu, AMA also assured constituents that he will always give them adequate…

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Kunle Adelabu -Again, confirms HiTech returning to site on Monday -Visits site with Ministry, HiTech officials to resolve flooding problem Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), the representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II, Lagos State House of Assembly, has assured his constituents and other users of the Igbogbo/Bola Ahmed  Tinubu/Igbe Laara Road, that  the Lagos State Government is committed to the completion of the road which was started about eight years ago. Aro also said that there will be no stopping of the project again once the HiTech Construction Company, the…

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Kunle Adelabu Concerned by the challenges that local businesses are facing, especially regarding exploitation and unfair competition from their foreign counterparts, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency , Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has moved a motion to safeguard the local businesses. Benson, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, revealed on his Facebook and other social media handles late Thursday, that the motion, “Strengthening Legislative Framework to Protect Nigerian Businesses Against Exploitation and Predatory Pricing Practices”, is to address the gang – up against Nigerian businesses. The three-term…

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has stated that it is not difficult to legislate for state police as being demanded by some section in the country. In fact, the three – term legislator, who is representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, revealed how the National Assembly has been encouraging not only the creation of the state police, but also community policing at the local government level. Benson, while speaking with Seun Okinbaloye on the Channels Television recently, stated that the Defense Industries…

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye Another alumnus of the capacity building of Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, member, representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Comrade Abubakr Asoro, the Coordinator, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), has revealed the gains and lessons learnt from the seminar being facilitated by the lawmaker. About 20 young leaders, community builders and professionals in Ikorodu, have been opportuned to traveled to the Peoples’ Republic of China on two weeks seminar on different programmes and at…

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Mariam Akinloye Over 8,500 households in the Lagos East Senatorial District, today, benefited from the Ileya edition of the food pack distribution programme of Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District.The excited beneficiaries, who were drawn from the 16 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas of the district, thronged to various venues of the food pack distribution, to pick their packages. At the Senator Abiru Constituency Office in lkorodu where the distribution of the food packs were coordinated by aides to the Senator, youth…

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-As Aderibigbe, former Assembly candidate supports FG on LG financial autonomy, elections Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Federal House of Representatives Committee on Defense, representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, at the weekend told council chairmen that they would be responsible for the construction of inner roads within their localities once the local government autonomy is granted. The federal government had last month filed a suit at the Supreme Court against the 36 state governments, seeking the enforcement of full autonomy of the local governments in Nigeria. There are…

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Wale Jagun & Jare Olukotun -As Ori Okuta road which covers 5 Streets, 18 CDAs, is commissioned The State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, has commended the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, for projecting good image and being a good ambassador of the ruling party. Pastor Ojelabi gave the commendations at the commissioning of the massive road network facilitated by Rep. Benson, at Ori Okuta in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division…

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Kunle Adelabu -Schedules empowerment of vocational training beneficiaries for July The representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II and the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Private Partnership (PPP), Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), has described the last one year of his representation as memorable and a period of total dedication and commitment. Hon. Aro, in a statement commemorating his inauguration as a Member, Lagos State House of Assembly on June 6, 2023, also said that the duty has been greatly challenging, but that he has been able…

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Kunle Adelabu In a bid to boost food production in Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA , has facilitated farm inputs, containing fertilisers, seedlings and herbicides, for over three hundred local farmers in the agrarian communities of the district for the planting season. The farm inputs were provided by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), through the intervention of the Senator. The empowerment is one in the series of agric-focused direct interventions targeted at livestock and crop farmers in majorly agricultural communities of Ikorodu, Epe, and…

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