Lagos Lawmakers Drills 20 Cabinet Nominees

Our Editor Twenty out of the 39 nominees whose names were recently sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the Lagos State House of Assembly have so far been screened by a committee of the House which began sitting on Sunday. Eromosele Ebhomele, Media Assistant to the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, in a statement said that it is expected that all the cabinet nominees would have been screened by Wednesday when the exercise is expected to end. On Monday, the committee grilled Mrs. Adetoke Benson- Awoyinka, immediate past Special…

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Sanwo – Olu Appoints Six Special Advisers

Our Editor Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed six Special Advisers (non-Cabinet) to serve in various capacities across ministries. The Secretary to the State Government, Barrister Mrs. ‘Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Monday. The newly appointed Special Advisers are: 1. Dr. (Mrs) Iyabo Oyeyemi Ayoola – Special Adviser, Central Internal Audit 2. Mr. Olalekan Hafeez Balogun – Special Adviser, Economic Planning & Budget 3. Hon. Akinyemi Ajigbotafę – Special Adviser, Community Development 4. Very Rev. Bukola Adebiyi – Special Adviser, Christian Religion 5. Dr.…

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We Will Move Into Ultra – Modern Imota LCDA Secretariat Come January 2024- Hon. Agoro, Council Boss

Kunle Adelabu The Chairman of Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. (Prince) Wasiu Adekunle Agoro, has set January 2024 date as the completion time when elected officials and staff of the council would move into the ultra – modern secretariat that his administration is building for the council. Agoro performed the ground – breaking ceremony for the construction in 2019, with the completion date set for four years, but the delay in the construction works due to the outbreak of COVID 19 pandemic in 2021, affected the completion schedule.…

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2023 Imota Ayayo Day: Organisers Call For Stakeholders’ Meeting

Mariam Akinloye The organizing committee of the 2023 Imota Ayayo Day Celebration, has called stakeholders in the Imota community, for an engagement meeting towards this year’s celebration. Imota community will be celebrating the 37th edition of the annual 7- day celebration, this year. The engagement meeting is slated to hold at the Imota LCDA Secretariat, on Thursday, August 17, 2023. In a statement released today by the Chairman of the annual celebration, Prof. Okedeyi Abiodun Sakiru, Ph.D., FNIP, he said that representatives of clubs, unions, associations and religious bodies, are…

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HiTech Will Return To Complete Ipakodo/Igbogbo/Asiwaju Bola Tinubu/Igbe Road Phase One – Asiwaju Basorun

Kunle Adelabu An elder statesman and chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun, has assured residents of Igbogbo, Igbe Laara and Gintin communities, that HiTech Construction Company handling the abandoned construction of the Ipakodo-lgbogbo-Asiwaju Bola Tinubu-Igbe road/Gintin Road, would return to site to complete the phase one of the project. The phase 1 of the road re-construction starts from the Igbogbo Cemetery to Igbe Laara. Asiwaju Basorun gave the assurance to the Think – Thank Forum (TTF) of the Ebute-Igbogbo-Asiwaju Bola Tinubu-Igbe Road/Gintin Road Volunteer Group, a…

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Rep. Benson Facilitated 80 -Bed State – Of – The – Art Hospital Ready To Serve Imota Residents

Kunle Adelabu In the next few weeks, the residents of Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, will start having access to a state – of – the – art medical facility within their community, which would prevent them from travelling any longer for miles to access health facilities due to lack of well equipped health centres in their area. Over the years, residents of the community who needed medical attention, had been going to the General Hospital, Agbowa in Epe Division…

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Institute Confers Doctoral Award On Prince Abiola Kosoko

Kunle Adelabu The Institute of Leadership, Manpower and Management Development (ILMMD) has honoured Prince Abiola Olojo – Kosoko, the Oloja of Lagos elect, with a Distinguished Fellow, Lifetime Achievement Award and Doctorate (Honoris CAUSAL) Award. He was conferred with the honour in recognition of his contributions to leadership, manpower, management and development, at an investiture and induction ceremony which took place on Saturday, October 15, 2022, at Best Western Hotel, Amadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos. With the award, Prince Kosoko is now a Distinguished Fellow of the lnstitute. ILMMD…

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Contractor Moving To Site Soon To Rehabilitate Deplorable Ikorodu – Itoikin Road – Imota Council boss

Kunle Adelabu There have been assurances that the contractor whom the deplorable Ikorodu – Itoikin Road, has been awarded to, will soon move into site to begin the total rehabilitation of the road constructed over 50 years ago, and which has been neglected since then. The road has deteriorated and caused residents of Ikorodu and other Nigerians using it, untold hardship over the years, thereby paralyzing both economic and social lives alongside axis. The road has become impassable, especially at the axis after Isiwu junction and before the Caleb University…

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Years After, Hon. Alogba Lays Foundation For Modern School In Ijede Community

Wale Jagun It was a day of joy for the residents of Igbe – Oguro and Oloja Community in ljede Local Council Development Area (LCDA), which has been existing without a public school, on Thursday, as the Chairman of the council, Hon. (Alhaja) Motunrayo Gbadebo – Alogba, laid the foundation for a modern school for the community. According to the Council Chairman, the ground breaking ceremony for the Igbe Oguro Community Model Primary School, was in fulfilment of her promise to the residents during her electioneering campaign. At the ceremony,…

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Ikorodu LG Honoured At Nigerian Local Government Excellence Award 2023

Mariam Akinloye The lkorodu Local Government, has been honoured as one of the best 24 Council areas out of the 774 in the country, at the 2023 Nigerian Local Government Excellence Award. The council also emerged as the best LG in the Southwest, at the award ceremony held in Abuja, on Thursday. Hon. Wasiu Adesina, Chairman, Ikorodu LG who received the awarded with officials of the council, in a statement posted on the official Facebook page of the Ikorodu Local Government, announced the award, while he also expressed his delight.…

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