Kunle Adelabu -Call for waste to wealth initiative Within hours of his appointment as the Spuervisor for Environment and Waste Management in Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Councii Development Area, (LCDA), Mr Dauda Oshinlaja has been urged by residents to ensure a cleaner environment. He was charged on the need to develop quickly a blueprint on how he wants to tackle the issue of waste and environmental problems which have been been recurring challenges across the state. Oshinlaja on Monday was along with others inaugurated as cabinet members by the…
Read MoreLIFE REFLECTIONS PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY
LIFE and the Consequences of Ignorance By Oluwole Solanke PhD, FCIB Life is the greatest classroom ever created. Every day, it teaches lessons—sometimes gently, sometimes harshly. Yet one of the greatest tragedies of human existence is not the absence of opportunities, but the persistence of ignorance. Ignorance is not merely the absence of knowledge. It is the refusal to seek truth, the unwillingness to learn, and the comfort of remaining uninformed in a world overflowing with wisdom. Throughout history, individuals, communities, and even nations have paid dearly for the consequences…
Read MoreVIEW: Youth in IBLCDA Governance: A Season to Prove Doubters Wrong
By Henry Ikuesan Olugbenga Too often in the immediate past, community leaders and local governance authorities rallied the young people to organise and equip themselves for service and leadership positions. However, when such positions opened up, the young ones were sidelined usually for some unfathomable reasons. Happily, the situation is changing. In particular, one is impressed with what is being deliberately done at the Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA where many competent, visible and highly industrious young people are being given positions of responsibility. There is something quietly powerful about a leadership which…
Read MoreAroyewun Inaugurates IBLCDA Cabinet, Assigns SLG, Supervisor, Special Advisers’ Portfolios
Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye The Executive Chairman of Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (IBLCDA), Omo’ba Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun, on Monday, fully inaugurated his Executive cabinet and allocated portfolios to the newly appointed cabinet members. At the swearing in ceremony held at the Council Secretariat, the council boss announced his Vice Chairman, Barr. Ade Ayeni as the Supervisor for Investment and Wealth Creation. In addition, he will also oversees the activities of the Supervisors and Special Advisers in charge of Civic Engagement; Culture and Tourism; Transport and Market Affairs, Social…
Read MoreImota Council Chair Pledges 100% Support For Renewed Hope Agenda In Ikorodu
Kunle Adelabu The Executive Chairman, Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Sunday Benson Ayodele has given a total commitment to the grassroots mobilisation for the re – election of President Bola Tinubu. Hon. Benson Sunday Ayodele, who stated that he would give 100% support for the Renewed Hope Ambassadors (RHA) in Ikorodu Division gave the pledge when the coordinator of the initiative, Comrade Japhet Odesanya, led his team to his office at the Imota LCDA Secretariat last Friday to pay him a courtesy visit. “In the area of support…
Read MoreRamadan Lecture: Lagos East Arewa Community Commends Senator Abiru, Rallies Support for Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda
Our Reporter As the train of the Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru Ramadan Lecture Series, across Lagos East Senatorial district, reached Mile 12, Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, members of the Arewa community in the district, under the leadership of Alhaji Usman Shehu Jibrin (Sampam), on Sunday commended Senator Adetokunbo Abiru for his inclusive leadership and engagement with diverse communities, as they gathered for a Ramadan lecture sponsored by the lawmaker. The well attended Tafsir, which brought together community and political leaders, Islamic scholars and other stakeholders, provided an opportunity for participants to reflect…
Read MoreI Am Assuming Office To Move The Council Forward With The Chairman -Alhaji Oduntan, IBLCDA SLG
Kunle Adelabu The incoming Secretary to Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (IBLCDA), Alhaji Kudus Oduntan, has said that his primary assignment is to join hands with the Executive Chairman, Omo’ba Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun in moving the council forward and make it better than the present administration met it. Alhaji Oduntan will on Monday be inaugurated along with Supervisors and Special Advisers that were nominated and screened on Thursday and Friday by the Council’s Legislative Arm. He spoke with THE IMPACT after his screening at the Legislative Chamber within the IBLCDA…
Read MoreFormer Igbogbo Students’ Union President, Abdulsallam Tijani Emerges Youngest Council Cabinet Member
Kunle Adelabu In the next few hours when Omoba Hameed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA), the Executive Chairman, Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), would be swearing – in 22 -man cabinet members that would work with him, one young community mobiliser and students’ leader, Comrade Abdulsallam Adebayo Tijani, will be among those that will be taking the oath of office. The immediate past President, Igbogbo Students’ Union (ISU) from Ward C1, who was included in the additional list of five nominees by the Chairman, appeared before the Honorable Councilors for screening…
Read MoreIgbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA Cabinet Nominees Pledge Good Performance, Development
Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye Many of the nominees for Secretary to the Local Government (SLG), Supervisors and Special Advisers, that would constitute the executive council of Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (IBLCDA), who will work with Omoba Hameed Aroyewun, have assured residents of good performance and development. According to sources, 22 nominees were screened by members of the Igbogbo-Bayeku LCDA 6th Legislative Council between Thursday and Friday, during its plenary sessions. THE IMPACT also gathered that all the nominees were also cleared and confirmed. They spoke with our reporters…
Read MoreINTERVIEW: I Want To Make History, Surpass Previous Administration’s Record With Chairman Aroyewun – Shakiru Seidu, Cabinet Nominee, IBLCDA
Mr Shakiru Moritan Seidu, a nominee for the cabinet of the Igbogbo/Baiteku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) and publisher of the Megaxpression Magazine, spoke with Mariam Akinloye, reporter with THE IMPACT newspaper, on his ambition after his screening by the 6th Legislative Arm of the Council on Thursday.He was a former Media aide to the former Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA Chairman and former Publicity Secretary, APC, Igbogbo/Baiyeku LCDA.Shakiru, who made the additional list of the Chairman of the council, Omoba Hameed Olalekan Aroyewun (HOA), spoke about the screening, how he want…
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