Category: Legislative Report

Kunle Adelabu Relief is coming to the residents of Lambo – Lasunwon Community, also called First Gate, which is directly opposite the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), formerly Lagos State Polytechnic, as it has been revealed that the road leading into the community has been approved for construction. Approval of the road project, which has turned life in the community into a nightmare and adversely affecting the social and economic lives of residents, was announced by Mayor Muhydeen Sanwoola, Director General of the iCare Foundation which is…

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Kunle Adelabu -Rep. Benson gets commendations for reconstruction of road 38 years after The Managing Director of JRB Construction Limited, the contractor handling the 13kilometres Igbogbo/Offin/Oreta Road in lgbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of lkorodu Division in Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has assured the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, and residents of Igbogbo, that the road will be completed and delivered by December this year. Benson, a three – term lawmaker facilitated the reconstruction of the 13km road, which was built 38 years ago. The…

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Kunle Adelabu While commendations and appreciation for Rep. Babajmi Adegoke Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, by constituents of Ikorodu, across various platforms, were still pouring in over the completion of the Adeyanlu and Sodara Roads on which the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Igbogbo Passport Office, Igbogbo, is located, the three term lawmaker has announced the flag – off of additional two roads. The lawmaker, through his media aide, had on Saturday, announced that the flag – off of the Igbogbo/Offin/Offin Road in Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, a project that…

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Kunle Adelabu -Arab Contractors still on site to complete road project – LASG Efforts of the residents of Agura, Gberigbe and other adjoining communities in Ikorodu, to continually call the attention of the Lagos State Government to the state of their deplorable road which has caused them serious hardship, especially flood whenever it rains, has yielded results as the government announced its plans to start the construction of drainage system to control flood in the axis. Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), representing the Ikorodu Constituency II, and other senior government…

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, (Lagos East), on Thursday, led the debate on a bill for an Act to amend the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation Act No 63 of 2023, on the floor of the Senate. When amended, the bill will make the Corporation more effective, safeguard its independence and autonomy, bringing it in line with current realities and best practices. Senator Abiru, who sponsored the bill, alongside 42 Senators who are members of his Committee, explained…

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Kunle Adelabu -Limits advances to FG as Ways and Means by the CBN A bill that seeks to provide for a single non-renewable term of six years for the Governor and the Deputy Governors of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), today, scaled second reading in the Senate. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, led the debate on the bill for an Act to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Act 2007.…

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Kunle Adelabu The representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has reinstated his commitment to the constitutional provision to grant states of the federation permission to establish their own police. He reiterated his stance towards the establishment of state police at a plenary session of the National Assembly, as revealed in a statement on THE IMPACT WhatsApp platform late Friday. Benson, the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, stated that efforts are being geared towards true federal structure by decentralizing the control of electricity generation and transmission through…

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Kunle Adelabu A total of 150 bags of 50kg rice have been shared to residents of Kosofe, Agboyi-Ketu, and Ikosi-Isheri whose communities were ravaged by flood in 2023. The food items were in fulfilment of the promise by the donor, Senator Tokunbo Abiru, the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, to provide succor for the communities affected by flood last year. Mr. Enitan Olukotun, Media Aide to Senator Abiru, revealed in a statement last night, that Otunba Saheed Oladapo Ibikunle, PhD, on behalf of the Senator and in the presence…

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Wale Jagun & Mariam Akinloye -Solar distribution meant to reduce heat – DG Chairman, House Defense Committee, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has assured Nigerians that the hard times currently being faced in the country, due to the economic downturn will soon be a thing of the past under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. He said that the President and his team are working round the clock to ensure that the outcry by Nigerians, are addressed. Benson, who is representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, spoke during the week at the distribution…

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-Invites commissioners, top officials for briefing The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to urgently summon a stakeholders’ meeting to address the current hardship experienced by residents of the state in order for the government to adopt sustainable solutions beyond palliatives. The lawmakers noted that though the current economic situation pervades the entire Nigeria and is mostly global in outlook, Lagos State and its local governments must do more to ameliorate the suffering in the land. The House also advised leaders and statesmen to join…

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