Day: October 17, 2024

Lagos Assembly Set To Replace LCDAs With Administrative Areas

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Our Reporter…Gives Governor Power To Suspend Erring Chairmen, Vice Chairmen The Lagos State House of Assembly is set to replace the current 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state with Administrative Areas. This is contained in a Bill for a Law to provide for Local Government’s System, Establishment And Administration And to Consolidate All Laws On Local Government Administration And Connected Purposes, which went through public hearing on Thursday. The bill specifies that the system of Local Government will be by democratically elected Local Governments. According to the…

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Oke Eletu Celebrates Eyibi Festival As Traditional Head Calls For Unity, Peace

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Kunle Adelabu-Charges govt, elected reps, political appointees for town’s development The 2024 Eyibi festival kicked – off on Tuesday at Oke – Eletu community in Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Local Government of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, with prayers and performances by Agemo masquerade. The annual event started with sons and daughters of Oke – Eletu, as well as guests and friends of the town arriving the town from other parts of Ikorodu and the state, to celebrate the beginning of the festival which was previously made…

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Rep. Benson Institutes Support Grant For Law Students From Ikorodu

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Kunle Adelabu The representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has announced a new educational initiative.The initiative, tagged, ‘Ikorodu Federal Constituency Law School Mobilization Support Programme’, is targeted at assisting future lawyers. The scheme, THE IMPACT gathered, was designed to address the inability of law students from Ikorodu, who were unable to proceed to the Law School due to financial constraints. The grant will be offered twice a year. Rep. Benson, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, announced the initiative in a statement on Wednesday, stating that…

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Ooni Inaugurates Traditional Rulers’ Committee To Tackle Truancy, Out Of School

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Kunle Adelabu His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife, has inaugurated a foundation for traditional rulers’ intervention on truancy prevention, school enrollment and engagement. The inauguration took place at the Ooni’s palace, Enu – Owa, Ile Ife, on Wednesday, October 16. Ooni had, in August, constituted the members of the foundation to design plans and programmes to combat the out-of-school menace in South-West Nigeria, ahead of his 50th birthday anniversary in October this year. The foundation was inaugurated with the Eburu of Iba,…

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Lagos Assembly On LG Committee Visits Imota LCDA, Other Councils In Ikorodu

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Kunle Adelabu-Commends council over new ‘massive’ secretariat project The Lagos State Hose of Assembly Committee on Local Government, on Wednesday, paid a working visit to the Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), where they were hosted at the permanent site of the council which is under construction. The Committee, led by its Chairman, Hon. Sanni Ganiu Babatunde Okanlawon (OKLA) representing Kosofe Constituency I, toured the structure which was described as massive, and commended the council boss, Hon. Wasiu Agoro, for embarking on such monumental project. The committee, however, asked the…

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