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Kunle Adelabu Princess Kafilat Omolade Hassan, MMP, FCA, will, on Saturday, June 24, 2022, be inaugurated as the 9th Chairman of the Ikorodu & District Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). She will be inaugurated alongside her Executive Committee at an event which will also be used to raise fund for the ICAN proposed Examination Centre in Imota Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The inauguration ceremony is slated to hold at the Ikorodu Ultra – Modern Town Hall, Owolowo/Olubi Street,…

Wale Jagun The Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Finance (SUNREF) Nigeria has urged manufacturers to take advantage of its single digit interest loans. The body also advised manufacturers to utilise its technical assistance facility to switch to renewable energy to power their operations. Mr Javier Betancourt, SUNREF Nigeria Team Lead, in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, said the opportunity was also opened to other forms of businesses. In 2020, SUNREF launched the green financing line for renewable energy projects by the French Development Agency (AFD) for the…

Wale Jagun No fewer than 5000 Lagosians are to be enrolled in the Ilera Eko Social Health Plan – courtesy of the Lagos State Executive Council. The gesture is to celebrate Governor Sanwo-Olu’s 57th birthday on June 25 and in the spirit of his compassion for the indigent and vulnerable. In statement signed Gbenga Omotoso, Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Lagos State, he said that beneficiaries will have access to quality health care services and drugs under the ILERA EKO Standard Plan at no cost to them. Nominees will be…

Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government has launched a Floating Clinic Boat for swift medical interventions along inland waterways and riverine communities as part of efforts to enhance access to prompt, qualitative and efficient healthcare services across Lagos. The boat was unveiled on Wednesday, by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr Olusegun Ogboye in Lagos. Dr Ogboye explained that the innovation was introduced to help provide first aid, medical emergency care and basic healthcare services at accident scenes on the waterways. “This is part of initiatives by…

Wale Jagun The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency in the forthcoming 2023 General Elections, Prince Lanre Sanusi, has charged his constituents on the need to work together for the progress of the Constituency. The United States of America based businessman and Nigerian politician also urged Amuwo Odofin residents to remain focus and undeterred in the quest to work together and bring changes and developments through the mandate given to him at the recently concluded APC primary elections, to represent them. PLS, as popularly being…

Jare Babatunde The Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/GTE, has issued guidelines for the award of scholarship and bursary for both indigenes and residents of Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The initiative, which is being supported with N20millon endowment fund by the Chairman of the IDPIL/GTE and Odofin of Ikorodu Kingdom, Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya, SAN, is part of the group’s efforts to support youth development in the division and bring about a sustainable security. According to the statement by the group, applicant for the bursary and scholarship must…

Kunle Adelabu & Jare Babatunde -Others to get further tests. Rhoda Centre, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, continued with its medical outreach programme in assisting residents from going blind with free eyes screening, glasses and cataract surgery to correct their eyes defects. A total of 130 patients were screened by the medical personnel from the Eye Foundation, Ikorodu, on the first day of the 2-day free screening. The medical outreachprogramme is organized and sponsored by Rhoda Centre in collaboration with the Eye Foundation Hospital, Ikorodu and Relief for Human Suffering…