Day: October 10, 2019

Onyabo Vigilance Personnel Trained On Effective Policing In Community

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Kunle ADELABU -Bill to clearly define legal framework on community policing underway – Hon. Benson In other to make community policing more effective in provision of adequate security of lives and properties in the grassroots, security experts have engaged members of the Onyabo Vigilance Group in Ikorodu on how to be professional in their conducts. This was the focus of the security seminar organized by the Onyabo Command in conjunction with Abolarinwa Crystal Concept (ACC), a private security outfit in the country, held at the Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat hall…

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IMPACT Discourse Maiden Edition: Participants Engage On Issues Affecting Ikorodu, Call For Sustenance Of Platform

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Wale JAGUN, Olatunji ADEMOLA & Ebunolowa AFOLABI (SIWES student) -Infrastructural deficits, local govt. administration, responsive usage of social media, others formed major focus of discussion Guests, most of whom are participants on THE IMPACT Newspaper’s WhatsApp Chat platform, replicated their no hold bar informed and engaging discussion online when they gathered at the inauguration of the much awaited initiative of the newspaper, IMPACT Monthly Square Discourse on Friday, September 27, 2019. The maiden edition of the initiative, which is aimed at creating a physical platform for participants and residents to…

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Asa Festival 2019: Organisers Present Agenda To Stakeholders

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Wale JAGUN & Ebunolowa AFOLABI (SIWES student) Organisers of the annual Asa festival, IREP – Ikorodu Division Rebirth Foundation, on Wednesday, October 9,2019, met with stakeholders in Ikorodu Division to brief them on the preparations for this year’s edition of the festival. This year’s edition of the Lagos State Government recognized annual festival is scheduled to hold at the Ferry Terminal, Ebute in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area, on Saturday, November 2, 2019. The Founder and Scout Master of IREP – Ikorodu Division Rebirth Foundation and the Majority Leader…

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Lagos Assembly Threatens To Arrest Ambode, Four Ex-Commissioners

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The Lagos State House of Assembly has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the former governor of the state, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, and four others who served in his administration as commissioners. This decision followed two preliminary reports presented on Thursday by two ad-hoc committees set up by the House to investigate the 820 buses purchased by Mr Ambode and to appraise the 2019 mid-year budget. The former commissioners involved are Mr Kazeem Adeniji (Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice), Olusegun Banjo (Commissioner for Budget), Akinyemi Ashade (Commissioner…

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Lagos Pledges Support For Young Farmers

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The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr.Olayiwole Onasanya has asserted that the State Government is willing to support and encourage young farmers, particularly students of secondary schools, in order to achieve food security for the State. Onasanya, who spoke in Lagos today at the Agric School Quiz Competition organised as part of activities marking the Y2019 World Food Day celebration in the State, noted that this goal informed the initiation of programmes such as the School Agricultural Programme (SAP), the Summer School Programme as well as the Women and Youth…

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LASG To Extend Mental Health Services To Primary Health Care Level

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Lagos State Government said it will extend mental healthcare services to the primary health care level in furtherance of efforts to increase access to mental healthcare in the State. The Honourable Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this during a recorded broadcast to commemorate this year’s World Mental Health Day, said that the State Government recognises the need to strengthen mental healthcare delivery and eradicate the difficulties in accessing mental health services which occur as a result of reluctance in seeking medical attention and lack of knowledge about…

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Ikorodu Tourism Limited Organises Pre-Ghana Tour Symposium, Unveils Tourism Agenda

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Kunle ADELABU & Ebunolowa AFOLABI (SIWES student) As part of its plan to mobilise more residents of Ikorodu to be part of its ‘Ikorodu in Diaspora Tour’, Ikorodu Tourism Limited has organized a symposium to educate residents of Ikorodu on importance of its planned tour to Ghana. Aside exposing participants to the importance of tour, the symposium, which was held at the Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat hall on Friday, October 4, 2019, also gave participants insight into what to expect in Ghana, why they need to have some information on…

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