Category: Community

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged members of Community Development Associations (CDAs) to serve as voluntary supervisors to ongoing projects across the State. The Governor emphasised on the importance of teamwork stating that all hands must be on deck to see that quality projects are delivered by contractors. While speaking at the year 2019 Community Day Celebration which held on Wednesday at the Police College Parade Ground, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu described the CDAs and CDCs as the real growth engines in the state. The event, which was themed: “Revising…

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Kunle Adelabu In preparation of the year 2020 budget for Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division of Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, the council administration, under the chairmanship of Comrade Sesan Daini, on Monday, November 25, 2019, engaged critical stakeholders in the council to get their inputs into the process. Present at the well-attended stakeholders’ meeting, which was held at the Mikkson Onas Hall, located along Bola Ahmed Tinubu road in Igbogbo, were traditional leaders, political leaders, representatives of the five political wards in the council, students, market men…

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Kunle Adelabu His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabir Shotobi, the Ayangbure of Ikorodu and the 1st Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas & Chiefs, has reassured the people of Isiu in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), that a new King will soon be crowned in the community. The revered monarch made the reassurance at his palace on Sunday, November 25, 2019, during a get-together organized by the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) to celebrate the senior citizens in Ikorodu community. “I can assure you all that Isiu will…

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Kunle Adelabu It was a memorable moment of reunion for the elders in Ikorodu at the 2019 the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) Elders’ Day organized to fete and celebrate them. This year’s edition of the event hosted several years back provided many of the senior citizens in attendance the rare opportunity to reunite with their old friends and compatriots who they had lost touch with due to old age. The special event, which was organized for elders that have clocked 80 years and above, was held at the banquet hall…

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Kunle Adelabu -Former minister calls for focus on educational development in Igbogbo Former Minister for Works, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Adeseye Kingsley Ogunlewe, has called for the review of operations of the Igbogbo Development Association (IDEA), the body saddled with the development of Igbogbo community. Also, Dr Omotunde Ogunlaja, another illustrious son of Igbogbo and the President of the IDEA, has called for the review of the way the annual Igbogbo Day Celebration is being organized. The duo made the requests at the maiden edition of the Public/Civil Servant…

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Kunle Adelabu 2019 Igbogbo Day: Residents Embark On Cultural Parade As Igbogbo International Carnival Takes Centre Stage As the 2019 Igbogbo Day entered the second day on Saturday, November 23, 2019, different groups and hundreds of residents of Igbogbo community in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, trooped out to the streets to showcase their cultural heritages. The parade started earlier with hundreds of residents converging on the Igbogbo Township Stadium from where they marched through Ogunlewe Estate, Igbogbo-Bayeku road, Ojubode, Odofin road, Igbogbo-Ipakodo road, Club 24 junction,…

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Wale Jagun The much publicised 31st edition of the Igbogbo Day celebration  will officially commence in the early hours of tomorrow, Friday, November 22, 2019, with ‘lwure’ (prayers) at the Adeboruwa palace in Igbogbo. According to the programme of activities released to THE IMPACT by the Chairman, Media & Publicity Committee of the celebration, a press conference is also scheduled for 11am same day at the Adeboruwa pavilion located within the Adeboruwa palace. Also on Friday, there will be a special Jumat service prayer at the Igbogbo Central Mosque by…

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun It was a memorable ceremony at the grand finale of the 2018 edition of the annual Ikorodu Oga Day Carnival organized by the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) as top government functionaries graced the occasion to identify with the royal father and the entire people of Ikorodu Kingdom. The event, which was the climax of the weeklong celebration, was held at the Ayangbure palace on Saturday, November 16, 2019. Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by the Special Adviser on Agriculture, Ms. Ruth Olusanya,…

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