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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Rep. Benson Flags Off Majidun Road, To Deliver Road As Birthday Present In March
Kunle Adelabu The Chairman, House Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson has assured the residents of Majidun and Ogolonto communities in lkorodu West Local Council Development Area that the road construction that he flagged – off on Monday, January 4, 2022, in the area will be delivered to them as its birthday present in March. Rep. Benson flagged – off the Odubote/Ajanaku/Aiyegbajeje network of roads in response to the protest by residents that the areas have fbeen neglected for development. The link road, after completion, will link motorists and…
Read MoreLagos Majority Leader, Hon. Agunbiade Receives Commendations For Reviving, Preserving Culture
Kunle Adelabu & Oyinlola Pelumi Adewale The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Oyeniran Bolanle Agunbiade, has received commendations for his efforts in reviving dying cultural values and preserving them in Ikorodu Division. He was specially commended by the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture Pharm. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, Mrs Nosimot Akinsola, Chief (Mrs) Adebimpe Akinsola, former Lagos State Acting Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, and other guests at the 2021 Asa Arokolo festival held at the Ikorodu Town Hall on Thursday, December…
Read MorePhotos: Rep. Benson Supports Constituents For Xmas Season
Kunle Adelabu Over 500 constituents were provided with food support for the Christmas period by the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense who is also representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Adegoke Benson. Bags of food items tagged, ‘Apo – Anu’, provided by the iCare food bank, were distributed by the iCare Foundation, the operational platform of the youthful lawmaker, on Saturday, December 18, 2021, with many chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in attendance. At the distribution exercise, beneficiaries, chieftains and residents were also entertained with…
Read MoreAsa Festival 2021: Ikorodu Stages Another Spectacular Display As Traditional Rulers, Commissioners, Eminent Guests Join Celebration
Kunle Adelabu & Oyinlola Pelumi Adewale It was indeed another spectacular show of Asa Arokolo (man on delicate stilt sticks) on Thursday, December 16, 2021, when the masquerades filed out in Ikorodu in their different colourful regalia to give guests and residents displays that will linger in their memories for a very long time. At the festival which was held at the open group of the lkorodu Town Hall, the Scout Master/ Convener of the IREP – Ikorodu Division Rebirth Foundation (the organsers of the annual cultural festival), Hon. Sanai…
Read MoreAbiru Makes Business Owners Smile With Financial Support, Materials
Kunle Adelabu It was an unexpected happy ending for many Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (MSME) business owners at the maiden edition of the Ikorodu Division Expo holding at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus playground and which ends today, as the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Tokunbo Abiru, supported their businesses with monetary grant and book materials. A total of 20 among the exhibitors at the trade fair tagged, ‘IKODIV Expo 2021’, and which started on Thursday, December 2, were given N100, 000 each as…
Read MoreNigerian Majority Leaders’ Forum Will Collaborate With Speakers To Deepen Democracy – Hon. Agunbiade
Kunle Adelabu The first – ever Chairman, Nigerian Majority Leaders’ Forum and the Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Bolanle Agunbiade has assured that the newly formed Forum will work in partnership with the Speakers to deepen democracy in the country. He said that the association was formed to share experience and cross – fertilise ideas among members from the 37 Houses of Assembly in Nigeria, and that it shall focus on best legislative practice. Agunbiade stated these while addressing journalists alongside other elected officials of the…
Read MoreSpeaker Gbajabiamila, Dignitaries Commission Link Roads In Ikorodu
Kunle Adelabu -LASG promises to complete Jimoh Alliu Street The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday, December 3, 2021, commissioned five link roads in Ikorodu, a project which has significantly transformed the entire Sabo area of the town. The number four man in the country was joined by many dignitaries including members of the House of Representatives, Chieftains of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), traditional rulers, Lagos State officials of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), state lawmakers, traditional chiefs and eminent people. The…
Read MoreRep. Babajimi Benson Gets Third Term Endorsement
Kunle Adelabu The representation of the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defense, Rep. Babajimi Benson, which has brought about improvement in infrastructural developments in his constituency, was, on Friday (yesterday), applauded by the leadership of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), members and residents of Ikorodu Constituency, during the commissioning of the link roads facilitated by the young lawmaker. His brilliant performance also earned him endorsement for another term at the event as a chieftain of the highest decision making of the party at the state level, Governance…
Read More2,500 Beneficiaries Get Abiru’s COVID – 19 Financial Relief For 11 Consecutive Months
Kunle Adelabu -As Senator rolls out achievements within a year. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, on Tuesday (yesterday), continued his tradition of making direct bank transfers to batch A beneficiaries of the 2500 vulnerable constituents pool for the 11 months consecutively. The financial intervention started in January this year with beneficiaries drawn from the 98 wards in the 16 Local Governments (LGs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the…
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