Category: Council Report

Ijede Chairman Denies Sponsoring Attack On Ikorodu LG SLG, Other Officials

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Wale Jagun The Chairman of the Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Fathiu Salisu, has denied sponsoring any attack on the Secretary to the Ikorodu Local Government, Alhaji Lateef Afinni, and other officials of the council at Igbodu on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Afinni and other officials of the Ikorodu LG, who had gone to erect signposts for the rehabilitation of Agura -Gberigbe road were allegedly attacked by hoodlums and the SLG were later admitted  in the hospital due to the injuries inflicted on him by the assailants. Speaking…

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Boundary Dispute: Ikorodu SLG, Afinni, Attacked As Ikorodu, Ijede Council Chairmen Lay Claim To Igbodu

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Kunle Adelabu The boundary dispute between the Ikorodu Local Government and Ijede Local Council Development Area took a dangerous dimension yesterday (Wednesday) as hoodlums attacked political office holders from Ikorodu LG at Igbodu. For some years now, the two councils have been enmeshed in a protracted conflict over the of Igbodu while interventions by political leaders, the Lagos State House of Assembly and office of the Surveyor – General of the State in the matter have been largely unsuccessful. THE IMPACT gathered that the issue regarding the controversial area was…

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Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA Councilors Set To Probe Executive Arm

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Kunle Adelabu -Unseal Works Department -We are ready to change the narrative, check executive excesses – Council Leader The Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area in Ikorodu Division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, may be in for an interesting time as the Council legislators are bent on probing the activities of all the departments from January, 2020. The local lawmakers, who passed resolution to this effect in their plenary sitting of November 19, 2020, proved their seriousness in exercising their legislative power when they sealed the Works Department on Monday, November 23, 2020,…

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Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA Councilors Seal Works Dept

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Kunle Adelabu An unusual drama unfolded in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area  (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria, on Monday (today) as Councilors sealed the Works Department of the council. THE IMPACT gathered that the lawmakers took the decision due to non – compliance of the department with the resolution of the Legislative Arm of the council. We also gathered that the Works Department was sealed because of the Head of the Department (HOD), has failed to provide the Councilors details of project within the council. According to sources,…

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Igbogbo Youth Leader Charges Daini On State Of Roads, Engagement

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Kunle Adelabu -Plans are underway to fix roads, healthcare, schools, engage youths – Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA The President of the Igbogbo Youth Coalition (IYC), Mr Gbenga Odunniyi, has charged the Chairman of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Builder Olusesan Daini, on the need to fix roads that are in deplorable state within the council. Odunniyi said that information available to him revealed that the council has the resources to make some of the bad roads within the council motorrable, hence, he urged the Chairman to ensure that these roads are…

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Lagos Sets To Enumerate Vulnerable Residents In Ikorodu

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Kunle Adelabu A process to identify vulnerable and less privilege for the purpose of creating a reliable data for social intervention for residents in Ikorodu has commenced. The six- man committee of the Ikorodu Local Government Operation Coordinating Unit, headed by Mr Balogun Jelili Sesan , a Level14 officer in the Agriculture  Department in the council, is expected to begin the exercise this week. THE IMPACT gathered that the exercise will officially kick-off at Poro – Ojugbo, Ward G, Ikorodu Local Government on Saturday, June 6, 2020. The State Coordinating…

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Lockdown Extension: Imota LCDA Chairman Distributes Food Items, Facemasks To Residents

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman of Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Wasiu Adekunle Agoro, has again distributed relief items to about 3,000 residents in the second phase of the council’s intervention programme to cushion the effects of the COVIID – 19 lockdown in the council area. Also at the programme held at the Imota LCDA Secretariat, 5,000 facemasks were distributed to beneficiaries of the food relief, council officials and residents, while relief materials and cash were also presented to some elderly residents at their various homes. Some of the…

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Ikorodu West LCDA Crisis: Council Chairman, Legislators Set To Work For Council’s Development

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Kunle Adelabu -Council to engage consultant, PPP to raise fund, developmental projects -We resolved on the ground that projects would be embarked upon in various wards – Council leader Two months after the legislative arm of the Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), led by the Council Leader, Hon. Wasiu Agbaje Olomu, had a face-off with the executive arm of the council which led to the purported impeachment of the Council Chairman, Hon. (Princess) Jumoke Jimbo – Ademehin, on Monday, March 9 2020, the estranged legislators are back and…

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Ikorodu LG Begins Reconstruction of Collapsed Itunmaja Bridge

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Jare Babatunde The Ikorodu Local Government authority at the wekend, commenced the reconstruction of the collapsed bridge at Itunmoja area of the council. Part of the bridge, which connects the centre of tradition in Ikorodu Kingdom – Ajina/Itunmoja to Alhaji Street and other parts of the town, caved in during the week. The bridge also links the people of Itunmoja and other sections of Ikorodu community to the traditional markets in the ancient town. In a statement released on Saturday (yesterday) and signed by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to…

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COVID-19 – Igbogbo/Bayeku Authority, Police Seal Off New Covenant Church For Violation Of Gathering Rule

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Kunle Adelabu The Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) today, Sunday, May 3, 2020, sealed off the New Covenant Church located at Aridegbe Street in Adegbose area of Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, Lagos Southwest, Nigeria, for violating the government’s directive on COVID-19 regarding social gathering. THE IMPACT gathered that the council authority stormed the church premises around 11.30am with police from the Ipakodo Police Station, based on information received from a whistleblower. It was gathered that the Church has been engaging in its usual Sunday service and vigil despite government’s directive against…

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