Category: Council Report

COVID-19: Councils In Ikorodu Turn Ghost Towns As Workers Stay Away From Work

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Kunle Adelabu The fear of Coronavirus seems to be the beginning of wisdom for everybody at the moment as more people are now staying at home to avoid being infected with the deadly virus. This was the current situation at the secretariats of the six Local Government Area (LGA) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Ikorodu Division which have now been deserted by workers. Our reporter, who visited the Ikorodu Local Government secretariat along the T.O.S. Benson Avenue and Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA secretariat situated on Obafemi Awolowo Way in Igbogbo,…

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Photo News: Coronavirus: Councils In Ikorodu Deserted

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Kunle Adelabu Local Government secretariats in Ikorodu Division are totally deserted as people stayed at home as precautionary measure against the deadly Coronavirus that is ravaging the country. Or reporter visited Ikorodu Local Government and Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) on Tuesday to see ghost towns. We also gathered  that Ikorodu West, Ikorodu North, Ijede and Imota LCDAs are also deserted as workers stayed at home for fear of the disease.

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Hon. Ademehin Reneged On Agreements With Us – Ikorodu West LCDA Councilors

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Kunle Adelabu Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Councilors have revealed that the genesis of their disagreement with the embattled Council Chairman, Hon. (Princess) Jumoke Jimbo – Ademehin, was her failure to fulfil the agreement they had with her before assumption of office. They disclosed this during a discourse on THE IMPACT WhatsApp platform on Sunday evening during which they alleged that Hon Ademehin reneged on the agreement reached over the execution  of one project in each of the five political Wards in the Council. The chat session was,…

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Ikorodu West LCDA Crisis: Embattled Chairman Gets Party Support As Councilors Reveal More Allegations, Insist On Impeachment

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun -Party is supreme, Councilors’ lives not threatened – Hon. Ademehin -N723million allocation from federation account, undisclosed IGR sum misappropriated in 31 months – Councilors allege The crisis between the Chairman of Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. (Princess) Jumoke Jimbo-Ademehin and the Legislative arm is far from been over despite the interventions and efforts of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State and Council levels to resolve the matter politically. While the embattled chairman is saying that the party…

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Photo News: Ikorodu/Oba Omolaja Road Drainage System Needs Ikorodu, Igbogbo/Bayeku Councils’ Attention!

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Kunle Adelabu While the rehabilitation of IKorodu/Oba Omolaja road by the Lagos State Government has completed and raining season around the corner, there is need to safeguard the road by evacuating the drainages to allow free-flow of water. Although, the two sides of the drainage along lgbogbo axis have been evacuated, but areas like HOMAT Schools and others still need attention. On Ikorodu LG axis, the entire stretch of the road from Sheriff junction to Oriwu College 2nd gate is blocked. In actual fact, you cannot even notice that drainage…

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Ikorodu West Chairman Impeachment Stands, Councilors Speak From Exile

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Kunle Adelabu Principal officers of the Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have reiterated that they are standing by their decision on the impeachment of the embattled council chairman, Princess Jumoke Ademehin. The Council Leader, Hon. Agbaje Wasiu Omotayo and the Majority Leader, Hon. Adebowale Kalejaiye, spoke with THE IMPACT on Tuesday night (yesterday) from exile they claimed they have been forced into due to threat to their lives. They stated that the impeachment of the chairman has been communicated through letters to the Governor of the State, Mr…

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Breaking: Ikorodu West Chairman, Jumoke Ademehin Impeached

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Kunle Adelabu Leader and other members of the Legislative Arm of the Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, today impeached the Chairman of the council, Princess Jumoke Jimbo Ademehin. THE IMPACT gathered that she was impeached for gross misconduct and abuse of office. The embattled chairman has been at logger head with the councilors concerning their entitlements, lack of projects and other issues. Attempts to reach the Council leader, Hon. Wasiu Agbaje and the Majority Leader Adebowale Kalejaiye to confirm the…

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Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA Councilors Engage Residents In Historic Legislation

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Kunle Adelabu It was an historic occasion on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, when the Council Leader, Hon. Nurudeen Alimi who also doubled as the National Chairman, Councilor’s Forum in Nigeria, led other Principal officers and members of the Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Legislative Arm to successfully conduct first-ever public hearing in the history of the council. 16 Bye-laws were proposed for amendments at the hearing held at the ICT Centre of the council, Igbogbo. Laws that the Councilors sought the public inputs for at the hearing were Naming…

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7 Suspected Cultists Killed, 10 Arrested In Renewed Gang War In Ijede

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Kunle Adelabu -Police ready to deal with cult menace in the state – State Police Command Seven suspected members of three rival cult groups – Eiye (Airlords), Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and Aye (Axe) confraternities were reportedly killed between Monday, January 20 and Tuesday, 21, 2020, in a renewed gang crisis in Ijede Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division. The fight broke out on Monday between Eiye and KKK confraternities at a joint where young men in Ijede usually gathered to drink local gin commonly known and called ‘Paraga’…

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Councilors Lock-Out Ikorodu West LCDA’s Chairman Over Lack of Performance

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun -Accuse her of not doing any project, refused to pay councilors’ entitlements among other allegations The Councilors of the Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), led by the Council Leader, Hon. Wasiu Olomu , on Monday, January 20,2020, locked out the Council Chairman, Hon. (Princess) Jumoke Jimbo-Ademehin, for lack of performance. THE IMPACT also gathered that the Council legislators are also unhappy with the chairman due to her failure to pay their entitlements. According to report, the legislators have been having issues with Hon.…

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