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Adeboruwa Warns Residents To Stay At Home During Most Critical Week

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelab -Facilitates food donation to aged, physically challenged Residents of Ikorodu division have been warned on the importance of staying at home and observe every measure stipulated by the government in containing the spread of the COVID-19 which has now affected more people and spreading to new states in the country. This warning was coming from the revered royal father, His Royal Majesty, Oba Semiudeen Kasali, the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo. He said that the entire world is currently being ravaged by the deadly disease and warned that residents should…

Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA Distributes 1,500 Food Packs To Residents

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu As part of its efforts to compliment the Lagos State Government’s Food Relief Program, the Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) on Thursday, April 9, 2020, distributed packs of food items to 1,500 residents of the council. The packs, which contained food items such as wheat, semo, macaroni, noddles among others, were distributed to beneficiaries through representatives of identified groups who, according to the chairman of the council, Builder Olusesan Mayoku Daini, are expected to deliver the food packs to those that have been identified within the society.…

Stay At Home Is A Temporary Measure And Will Be Over Soon – Ayangbure

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The Ayangbure of Ikorodu, His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi has charged residents of Ikorodu to fully obey the government order asking them to stay at home in order to effectively contain the Coronavirus. The monarch, who is the first Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, stated that the lockdown is temporary and that adherence would help in containment of the deadly Coronavirus as soon as possible. Oba Shotobi made this statement while addressing selected pressmen at his palace on Tuesday, April 8,…

COVID-19: One New Case Discovered In Igbogbo?

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu A new case of COVID – 19 may have been discovered today at Selewu in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. Though, the suspected case has not been confirmed by the Lagos State Government and Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as at the time of filing this report. Some officials of the council and residents called to confirm the case to THE IMPACT. However, when our reporter placed phone calls to the Chairman of council, Builder Sesan Daini, and the…

Lagos Holds Easter Edition of Neighbourhood Food Markets Thursday

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Impact Newspaper

The Lagos State Government has announced that the Easter edition of the emergency neighbourhood food markets will hold on Thursday, April 9. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, who disclosed this on Tuesday, noted that the neighbourhood food markets will be open in 27 of the selected public schools within 14 Local Government Areas of the State. He explained that that the neighbourhood food markets were set up to provide Lagosians access to food supplies during the restriction period, in order to prevent panic buying as a result…

Pepc Foundation Reaches Out To Vulnerable Residents In Ikorodu

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu Pepc Foundation, a developmental and humanitarian non-governmental organization, has positively responded to the unfortunate CONVID – 19 pandemic that is threatening the global village and which has led to the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), thereby inflicting social and economic hardship on the citizenry. The foundation, which was launched in December 2019 at Adegbose, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, is aiming to provide food items for 400 households in Ikorodu…

CONVID – 19 Lockdown: Mixed Reactions Trail Lagos State Emergency Market In Ikorodu

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu -Residents call for financial, food support to stay indoor It was mixed reactions on Friday, April 3, 2020, when the Lagos State Emergency Market situated at the Government Technical College, Ikorodu, was opened for the second time for trading activities. The market, which was officially opened on Sunday, March 29, 2020 and scheduled to be held every three days as an intervention for the current lockdown to enable residents replenish their foodstuffs, was unable to hold last Wednesday as scheduled. The trading activities in the market on that…

LASG Distributes Food Items To Councils, CDAs, Youth Groups In Ikorodu Division To Cushion COVID – 19 Lockdown Effects

April 5, 2020April 7, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun -Gesture, distribution process receive commendations The Lagos State government, on Friday, April 3, 2020, distributed food items to various groups and council areas in Ikorodu division to cushion the effects of the current lockdown on the vulnerable people across the State. It was indeed a well-coordinated distribution exercise compare to what obtained in other parts of the State where the distribution exercise was said to be chaotic. The distribution exercise, which took place at the Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat, was coordinated by the Ikorodu Division…

Chairman, lgbogbo Muslim Community Supports 200 Families With Food Items

April 3, 2020April 4, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The Chairman of the Igbogbo Muslim Community and the Aare Adinni of the Igbogbo Central Mosque, Alhaji Abdul-Ganiu Kehinde Olubodun, on Thursday (yesterday) distributed food items to 200 families to assist in cushioning the effects of the current COVID-19 lockdown on residents of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA). The exemplary social scheme was done in conjunction with the Igbogbo Muslim Community. Food items such as rice and garri were distributed to the beneficiaries who were 60 years and above and cut across members of Community Development Associations,…

CONVID – 19 Restriction: Adeboruwa Charges Privilege Individuals To Provide Assistance To People

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Impact Newspaper

Kunle Adelabu The Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom, His Royal Majesty (Oba) Barr. Semiudeen Orimadegun Kasali, has urged privilege individuals in the society to be their brothers’ keepers by providing social aid, in form of food and other assistance, to those that cannot afford to fend for themselves and their families during the lockdown necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic. The monarch, while stating that government cannot share money, as being demanded by some people, to cushion the effects of the lockdown which has taken serious toll on the economic and social…