Category: Legislative Report

Wale Jagun -Ikorodu rep, others protest exclusion The Lagos State House of Assembly, has set up a committee to screen the nominations of the Governor Babajide Sanwo – Olu, for the cabinet positions. The screening committee is chaired by House Chief Whip, Hon. Fatai Mojeed, with the mandate to screen and report back to the House. The governor had sent a list comprising 39 names to the Assembly last Friday, which has generated so much controversies as different parts of the state, are protesting, either that they are not included…

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Wale Jagun The iCare Food Bank has launched a special food distribution package for 5000 residents of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, to relieve them of the burden caused by the fuel subsidy removal. The group, which is the operational platform of the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has been distributing between 500 and 600 food packages to vulnerable constituents since 2016, when the initiative was launched. In a statement signed by Rep. Benson on Tuesday, residents were asked to nominate vulnerable individuals or families that they know…

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Mariam Akinloye The representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, who was recently reappointed as the Chairman, House Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has said that his reappointment presented him the opportunity to serve the country further, especially in the area of providing the necessary legislative support towards finding solutions to insecurity. Benson, who is representing Ikorodu for the third term, also said that the new appointment will also aid his representation to his constituency. He reacted to his reappointment by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abass,…

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Wale Jagun -As Benson, Faleke retain defense, finance committees The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has inaugurated 134 standing committees for the 10th Assembly. Abbas, with these appointments increased the number of the standing committees by 25. The speaker made the announcement of the Committee chairmen also named their deputies at plenary on Thursday The former chairman of Appropriation, Hon Aliyu Betara, was appointed as the Chairman FCT; former Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ahmed Wase got the Chairman Committee on Federal Character and former Majority Leader,…

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Wale Jagun -As application for Cohort 3 opens Students from the public schools in the Lagos East Senatorial District, will now participate in the STEM training being organized by the SAIL Innovation Lab, Ikorodu. The initiator/sponsor of the programme and the representative of the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, made the disclosure at the graduation ceremony for the 30 successful students of the Cohort 2, at the weekend. Interested members of the public have been called upon to enter for the Cohort 3 programme at the SAIL Innovation…

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Kunle Adelabu The House of Representatives has constituted an ad-hoc committee to screen the recently appointed Service Chiefs by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The committee will be headed by the former Chairman, House Committee on Defense and three – term representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson. Rt. Hon. Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, PhD, made the announcement on Tuesday at a plenary, He also said that all the eight principal officers of the House from the majority and minority parties would be part of the ad-hoc committee. The Majority…

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Kunle Adelabu-6000 benefited as he pledges quarterly distribution Few weeks after his inauguration as Senator in the 10th Senate of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Mikhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, has returned with a food programme initiative. Six thousand food packs containing garri, wheat, macaroni, vegetable oil, indomie, butter, salt, spaghetti, semovita and other food items prepared and packaged by a food producing company in the country, were distributed across lkorodu, Kosofe, Epe/Ibeju Lekki, Kosofe/Agboyi Ketu/Ikosi Isheri and…

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Mariam Akinloye The iCare Foundation, the working team of the three term representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has distributed the 2023 Ileya edition of its monthly food distribution to vulnerable residents. Over 500 residents across the Ikorodu Local Government and five Local Council Development Areas (LCAs) that made up the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, benefited from the lawmaker’s gesture.The event was held at his constituency office along the Igbogbo/Ebute Road, Igbogbo in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Saturday. The federal lawmaker has been…

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