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Jare Babatunde The Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, who is also the Chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has congratulated the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on his emergence as South West Governors’ Forum Chairman. In his heartfelt congratulatory message, Senator Abiru described the feat as well-deserved, considering the great leadership capacity of the governor, and his outstanding contributions to the stability of the South West. He expressed optimism that the Governor Sanwo-Olu will further deepen regional…

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Wale Jagun Regional economic integration, food production and regional security are the main items that top the agenda at the meeting of the South-West Governors’ Forum held in Lagos on Monday. At the meeting held behind closed doors in Alausa, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the host, was unanimously elected to lead the Forum as chairman. Sanwo-Olu stepped into the position, following the vacancy occasioned by the death of the former Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, who chaired the regional caucus. Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Lucky…

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Mariam Akinloye The Iyaloja General of Ikorodu Division, Deaconess Busola Isikalu (Busiq), has inaugurated the Ikorodu Textiles Association, after several years of attempt to re – establish the association. The inauguration took place at the Ikorodu Plaza office of the Iyaloja General, at the weekend. Nominations of aspirants for the new association’s executives were sent in from different markets and election were openly conducted. At the end of the exercise, Alhaja Bilikis Bello (Elejina) from the Ladega market, emerged as the President of the association. Other executives are Mrs Karimot…

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been elected as the Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum. Sanwo-Olu was elected as Chairman during their Zonal meeting in Lagos State on Monday. THE IMPACT gathered that the six governors in South-West unanimously elected Sanwo-Olu at the meeting attended by Governors Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ademola Adeleke (Osun), and Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti). Former Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. who passed on months ago was the last chairman of the forum.

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Wale Jagun -Students’ loan, consumers’ credit would bring comfort The Chairman House of Representatives on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has stated that the minimum wage increment was initiated as a policy of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and not the organized labour’s initiative. The minimum wage review has caused a lot of controversies between the federal government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), and led to the declaration of an indefinite strike last week. Rep. Benson, who is a three – term lawmaker representing the Ikorodu…

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Kunle Adelabu -Demand presentation of indigenes for council offices in next LG elections A group of eminent Lagosians committed to restoring political power back to indigenes of Lagos State, has insisted that the next Governor, Deputy and members of the state executive council must be Lagosians, unlike what is obtainable at the moment. The eminent personalities, under the aegis of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation (Lagos State), while charging Lagosians to fight for their political rights, also enjoined them to start their political emancipation from the next local government elections in…

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