Category: Legislative Report

Wale Jagun The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a total of ₦1,768,014,155,285 as the budget for 2023. The budget was passed during the plenary session presided over by  Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa on Monday, December 12, 2022. Obasa after the passage commended the lawmakers for their collective sacrifice and the swiftness with which the Appropriation Bill was handled. A breakdown of the approved budget size shows the sum of N748,096,508,571 as Recurrent expenditure and N1,019,917,646,713 as Capital expenditure for the year ending 31st December, 2023. A part…

Wale Jagun The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, on Thursday,(today) revealed that full rehabilitation of the 32km Ikorodu- Itoikin Road will commence in January 2023. A statement released and signed by the Special Adviser to the Senator on Media & Publicity, Mr Enitan Olukotun, said that the Senator got assurances from the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, during a courtesy visit to the minister in his office in Mabuchi, Abuja on Wednesday.…

Kunle Adelabu -As Lawmaker flags off 3.3km road Party leaders and residents of the Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), on Saturday, December 3, 2022, pledged their total support for the re – election of Rep. Babajimi Benson as the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency. They also pledged to give maximum votes in the coming elections to the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governorship candidate, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, Lagos East Senatorial candidate, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru and the Ikorodu Constituency I candidate, Mr Gbolahan Ogunleye.…

Jare Babatunde As part of her community outreach activities, iCare Foundation, the working machinery of Rep. Babajimi Benson, Member, Federal House of Representatives, has partnered with Kimberly Clark, manufacturer of Huggies diapers and Kotex sanitary pads, to distribute 10, 000 diapers and pads to mothers and students. A total of 5000 Huggies diapers were distributed to mothers in primary health facilities and another 5,000 Kotex sanitary pads to secondary school students in Ikorodu Federal Constituency between last week and Monday, November 8, 2022. While nursing mothers at Ita-Elewa Primary Health…

Mariam Akinloye Representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has handed – over the Town Hall that he facilitated to the Ibeshe community in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The hall which is close to the lagoon, was equipped with official and modern plastic chairs and was commissioned and handed – over by the former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, during the week. The construction of the hall, which was financed by the Federal Ministry of…

Kunle Adelabu As part of his attempts to make his campaign for the third term issue – based and about the electorate, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson has embarked on what he termed, ‘Listening Tour’ to the six Council Areas within his constituency. The tour, which commenced on Sunday, October 23, 2022, with visits to Ajaguro/Ori Okuta in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area and Erunwen in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, is expected to move to other parts of his constituency…

Kunle Adelabu The distribution of ‘Apo – Anu’, the food support program of Rep. Babajimi Adegoke, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Chairman of the House Committee on Defense, for the month of October took place today. The foodbank initiative, which is being anchored by iCare Foundation, the working team of the federal lawmaker, was held at his federal constituency office with scores of dignitaries in attendance. About 300 beneficiaries out of the 500 expected, were on ground to collect the monthly ration, a situation that provided opportunity…