Category: Legislative Report

Kunle Adelabu -HiTech will be back soon on Igbogbo/Igbe Laara Road – AMA The construction giant, Arab Contractors, has resumed the construction work on Gberigbe/Agura Road which it abandoned some months back due to non release of funds by the Lagos State Government. THE IMPACT had reported about two weeks ago that the government has remobilized the company and HiTech Limited, another company handling the Igbogbo/Bola Tinubu/Igbe Laara road. Our reporter, who visited the site on Wednesday, with Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun, to confirm the resumption, saw the construction workers…

Kunle Adelabu Disturbed by massive complaints from his constituents concerning the epileptic power supply which has badly affected socio – economic life, the representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has embarked on data collection to determine the state of power supply in every part of Ikorodu. The lawmaker pleaded with his constituents to take time out to fill the questionaire which is already in circulation across social media platforms, especially WhatsApp, related to Ikorodu. Some of the questions residents are expected to provide answers to in the statement/questionnaire,…

Jare Olukotun The operational arm of the representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has sustained its monthly food bank initiative through which it has reached thousands of homes. The July 2024 edition which held today, witnessed another 500 constituents. At the Rep. Babajimi Benson Constituency office in Ikorodu, were dignitaries like Chairman, Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Sulaimon Kazeem Olanrewaju, Vice Chairman and Chairmanship aspirant, Ikorodu Local Government, Princess Folashade Olabanji – Oba; APC chieftain, Captain Benson, former Vice Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, Hon. Rotimi Olowonishaye…

Kunle Adelabu -Application opens Friday iCare Foundation, the working arm of Rep. Babajimi Benson, the representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, has announced a Teenage and Youth Career Summer programme for teenagers in the Ikorodu Federal Constituency. The 5  – day career is in collaboration with the Focus Teens Foundation and will be available both at a physical location and through a virtual platform. Meanwhile, the organisers have invited suitably qualified teenagers to participate in this programme, which will feature inspiring lectures from 32 speakers. Out of the total 10,000 participants…

Kunle Adelabu It was a vintage Hon. Sanai Oyeniran Bolanle Agunbiade, popularly known and called ‘SOB’, the immediate past Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, who represented the Ikorodu Constituency I for 16 years as he shared his thought on legislative proceedings in the Assembly among other issues. Agunbiade, who was engaged by three researchers at his Constituency Office in Ikorodu, was also the former Chairman, Nigerian Majority Leaders Forum and that of the Southwest Majority Leaders Forum. He was engaged by Dr. Hellen Kilelo, who is doing her…

Wale Jagun Following the mobilization of HiTech Construction Company over the Igbogbo/Bola Tinubu/Igbe Laara road last week, the Lagos State Government has also mobilized the construction giant, Arab Contractor, to recommence work on the abandoned Gberigbe-Agura road. The representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), who has been relentless in ensuring that work recommence on the road projects, disclosed on Tuesday. While stating that the remobilization is a major happening in infrastructural developments in Ikorodu, AMA also assured constituents that he will always give them adequate…

Kunle Adelabu -Again, confirms HiTech returning to site on Monday -Visits site with Ministry, HiTech officials to resolve flooding problem Hon. Aro Moshood Abiodun (AMA), the representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II, Lagos State House of Assembly, has assured his constituents and other users of the Igbogbo/Bola Ahmed  Tinubu/Igbe Laara Road, that  the Lagos State Government is committed to the completion of the road which was started about eight years ago. Aro also said that there will be no stopping of the project again once the HiTech Construction Company, the…

Kunle Adelabu Concerned by the challenges that local businesses are facing, especially regarding exploitation and unfair competition from their foreign counterparts, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency , Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has moved a motion to safeguard the local businesses. Benson, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, revealed on his Facebook and other social media handles late Thursday, that the motion, “Strengthening Legislative Framework to Protect Nigerian Businesses Against Exploitation and Predatory Pricing Practices”, is to address the gang – up against Nigerian businesses. The three-term…

Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has stated that it is not difficult to legislate for state police as being demanded by some section in the country. In fact, the three – term legislator, who is representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, revealed how the National Assembly has been encouraging not only the creation of the state police, but also community policing at the local government level. Benson, while speaking with Seun Okinbaloye on the Channels Television recently, stated that the Defense Industries…