Category: Legislative Report

The Lagos House of Assembly, late Monday (yesterday), passed into law a bill banning the activities of cultists and related illegal societies across the state. In the new law, anyone found guilty of cultism activities will get 21-year imprisonment while a 15-year jail term is stipulated for anyone convicted of abetting cultists or who allows his premises to be used by cultists as a meeting place. The law titled: ‘A law to provide for the prohibition of unlawful societies and cultism in Lagos state and for other connected purposes’, states…

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Kunle Adelabu The Chairman of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area, Builder Sesan Daini, on Thursday (yesterday) presented the sum of N2, 210, 631, 993. 81, to the Council’s Legislative Arm, as the proposed budget for 2021, for approval. At the presentation of the budget tagged, ‘Budget of Resounding Expectations and Sustainable Goals”, the Chairman urged the honourable members of the House to pass the proposed budget which he said is meant to care for the people’s aspirations as presented to the House. He said that the proposed budget took into…

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Kunle Adelabu Relief may be coming the way of residents and other road users in the Agura/Gberigbe axis of the Ikorodu division as the road, which has been completely collapsed for many years and inflicting untoward hardship on the users, is set for rehabilitation. THE IMPACT gathered that the rehabilitation is being facilitated by no other person than the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson. A source informed our reporter that the two – term lawmaker who has been lobbying for the…

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Kunle Adelabu -Plans offices in five councils in Lagos East As promised during his campaign for the Lagos East Senatorial seat in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, Sen. Adetokunbo Mikhail Abiru has unveiled his programmes for his constituents. He announced his plans for Empowerment, Skill Acquisitions, Scholarships and Interest Free – Loan programmes and stated that they are scheduled to commence at the end of March this year. Another programme, COVID Relief Support aimed at supporting about 2000 constituents bi monthly, will kick – off this…

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Kunle Adelabu In furtherance of his support for the vulnerable constituents who may have been badly affected by the effects of the ravaging COVID – 19 pandemic, the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Mr Adetokunbo Mikhail Abiru, has announced his monthly relief support programme. Announcing his COVID Relief Support package at a meeting with the 16 Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Local Government Area and Chairman of the Chairmens’ Forum in each LGA at his District in Ikorodu on Saturday, January 23, Sen. Abiru said that…

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Wale Jagun The representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Hon. Babajimi Benson, has been listed among top Federal lawmakers that have initiated more bills in the 9th National Assembly since its inauguration in 2019. According to the New Telegraph, One hundred and ninety members of the House of Representatives have sponsored a total of 1,097 out of the 1,546 bills initiated by the 9th National Assembly since inauguration 18 months ago. The lawmaker, who is also the Chairman of the House Committee on Defense, initiated 10 bills within the period under…

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-To start implementation of electoral promises in first quarter The senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Tokunbo Abiru, on Thursday, December 2020, appreciated the effort of the federal government in implementing its Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), noting that 2021 would be the beginning of the economic recovery and transformation of the nation and its teeming citizens. Abiru, a former Executive Director, First Bank, and the immediate past Chief Executive Officer, Polaris Bank, also disclosed his plan to inaugurate an endowment fund in the first quarter to complement the efforts…

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Kunle Adelabu -To engage constituents December 30 Hon. Nurudeen Alimi, the Council Leader of the Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), has laid the foundation for the construction of the Offin -Ile Central market which he facilitated from the Lagos State Government. The foundation laying ceremony, which, according  to report, was approved by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu,  and many others across Ward C3 in Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, which he represents, was held on Monday, December 21, 2020. The Council lawmaker has also rolled out his…

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Kunle Adelabu Disturbed by the resurgence in the activities of the Land Speculators, popularly known as Landgrabbers, the Lagos State House of Assembly has engaged stakeholders in the state on how to checkmate the criminal elements and their illicit activities the menace take over the entire state once again. The open ground located within the premises of the Assembly Complex was the venue of one day Stakeholders’ meeting where lawmakers, officials of the executive arm of the Lagos State Government and members of the general public had gathered on Wednesday, …

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Wale Jagun The member representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Rep. Babajimi Benson, has deployed 800 Solar powered lights and 100 street lights to communities, markets, healthcare centres and streets amongst other places to light-up his constituency. The sustainable and eco-friendly light project being facilitated by Rep Benson, who is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defence, is part of his many efforts geared towards addressing the issue of epileptic power supply by electricity distribution companies in some areas and outright blackout in some others in…

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