Category: Legislative Report

Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has unveiled his agenda for Educational, Business and Capacity developments for Lagos East Constituents in 2022. Abiru, who was inaugurated into the Green Chamber of the National Assembly in December 2020, has initiated and sponsored many empowerment, capacity development and developmental projects for the benefit of the people of Lagos East Senatorial District. The former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, has also sponsored and co –…

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Kunle Adelabu -Rep. Benson sponsored 4 of the bills The voting pattern of members of the House of Representatives on the 5th amendment to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has been revealed. Both Chambers of the National Assembly had, on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, voted on 68 Bills proposing amendments on the constitution. Representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Defence, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday (yesterday), stated how members of the Green Chamber voted…

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Mariam Akinloye The Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has continued his COVID-19 Financial Support Scheme which was designed to cushion the effects of the global pandemic on vulnerable people. The scheme, which was earlier planned to terminate in December 2021, according to the former Banker turned politician, has been sustained as the adverse economic effects are yet to fully abated. In a statement signed and released Wednesday by Mr Enitan Olukotun, the Special Adviser to the Senator on Media & Publicity, the Senator…

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Wale Jagun -Rejects more legislative seats for women, diasporas voting The Senate and House of Representatives of the National Assembly on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, voted to amend the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Both houses, in their votes and approved amendments, granted financial autonomy to State Legislatures, Judiciary and the 774 Local Government Areas in the country. The 109 Senators and 360 Representatives voted on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bills, 2022, where clause by clause amendments were made on the floors of…

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Kunle Adelabu The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has passed the Local Government Financial Autonony Bill. 92 out of 109 Senators voted to pass the LG Bill during the clause by clause voting on the ongoing amendment of the Nigerian constitution. The Bill seeks alteration of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), to grant financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils in the country. On Monday (yesterday), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had led a protest to demand autonomy for the local governments and the judiciary. NLC President,…

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Kunle Adelabu Former Deputy Governor, Lagos State, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye and other chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu, on Saturday, February 26, 2022, joined the Member of the House of Representatives representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson in flagging – off the construction  of 11 connecting access roads in Ikorodu. The reconstruction of the roads, which will link Ikorodu – Shagamu road with Lagos Road and make many inner streets within the Agbala and Eyita communities motorrable, was facilitated by Rep. Benson who is the…

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Wale Jagun The Federal High Court Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, on Wednesday (yesterday), scaled second reading. Abiru led a debate on the bill he sponsored which seeks to regulate the award of Pre – judgment interest in commercial transactions which was read for the first time yesterday.  The bill titled, ‘Federal High Court Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was sponsored by Senator Abiru and co-sponsored by Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central). According to a statement released on…

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Jare Babatunde The Lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Nurudeen Saka Solaja, has commissioned 12 Borehole projects across the Constituency, while also assuring constituents that more projects are coming soon. The water projects are sited in different areas of the three councils that made up of lkorodu Constituency II – Igbogbo/Bayeku, Ijede and Imota Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). The commissioning, which was held on Wednesday, February 23, 2022,  was graced by party leaders and Council Chairmen among whom were Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun, a chieftain of the Governance Advisory…

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Wale Jagun Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has assured that he would not relent on the drive to deliver qualitative representation to the people of the district. He gave this assurance last Saturday when he met with the Chairmen and Secretaries of Community Development Committees (CDC) in the Lagos East Senatorial District at his residence in Ikorodu. In a statement signed by Mr Enitan Olukotun, Special Adviser (Media  and Publicity) to the Senator, Abiru reiterated that his approach is premised on equity across…

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Kunle Adelabu Hon. Babajide Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, has restated his call for upgrading of the minimum educational qualifications for those seeking political offices, this according to the young lawmaker, would improve the quality of governance. Hon. Benson,  who is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense, said that raising the academic qualifications would make those seeking elective offices to be actively engaged in politics. To achieve these, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, on February, 25, 2020, moved for the amendment of the…

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