Lagos Assembly Seeks Separate Accounts for Coronavirus Donations

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have called for a separate account for donation funds made towards COVID-19 in the State. They also unanimously agreed that the Amotekun Corps Commander be properly scrutinized by the House after the appointment by the Governor. A statement released by the House said that the issues were discussed at the Committee of the Whole on Thursday during the presentation of the observations on Corona-virus Pandemic Emergency Law, 2020 and the Neighbourhood Safety Corps Agency Law, 2020 sent to the House from the…

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Hon. Solaja: COVID – 19 Relief, Ramadan Packages To Be Distributed Street – By – Street To Reach Targets

Kunle Adelabu Hon. Nurudeen Solaja, the member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Ikorodu Constituency II, on Thursday, April 30, 2020, commenced the second phase of the distribution of his COVID-19 lockdown relief materials as well as Ramadan packages to his constituents. The lawmaker, who is the Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Public Accounts, speaking with selected media houses on Thursday (yesterday) at his residence where the food items were packed for distribution to 7000 residents who cut across the three towns in his Constituency namely- Imota,…

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Ramadan Message : Apply Good Conscience To The Power That You Hold – Lagos Majority Leader Charges Those In Authority

Kunle Adelabu -Reaching out to constituents with special  Ramadan, LASG  relief packages The Ramadan message from the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Bolanle Oyeniran Agunbiade, that those wielding power should exercise it with good conscience is not only coming from somebody who understands what power is but a ranking lawmaking officer who also wields same. Hon. Agunbiade, who is a four-term lawmaker and the only politician in the annals of Ikorodu Division history to have sought and got the mandate of his people on…

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COVID – 19 Intervention: We Are Targeting 7,000 Constituents ln The Second Round Of Our Palliative Measure – Hon. Solaja

Kunle Adelabu The lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Nurudeen Saka Solaja, has revealed that he is planning to provide palliative support for additional 7,000 constituents as part of the efforts to cushion the effects of the prolonged COVID – 19 lockdown. Hon. Solaja revealed this to THE IMPACT in an interview while reviewing the lockdown directive put in place to contain the spread of the deadly virus. He also called for the inclusion of lawmakers in various constituencies across the state in the distribution of stimulus packages for…

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N30Million COVID – 19 Relief Donation: Are We Not Part Of Your Electorates? – Ikorodu Youths Ask Sen. Osinowo

Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun -Less than half of the released sum shared among councils No doubt, the sufferings caused by the ongoing lockdown issued by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 have cut across all classes of people as the lockdown continue to bite harder on the citizenry, especially due to the additional two weeks extension. The prolonged shutdown of the economic and social activities has affected many people across the country, including old and young, working, none -working, upper, middle and lower classes, while those in…

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COVID – 19 Relief Packs: 10, 000 Residents Benefit From iCare Foodbank 3rd Phase Distribution

Kunle Adelabu 10, 000 residents across Ikorodu division have been lined up to benefit from the 3rd Phase of the iCare Foundation Food bank’s food palliatives for the vulnerable people to cushion the effects of the extended lockdown aimed at containing the spread of COVID – 19. The iCare Foundation foodbank, a laudable initiative of Honourable Babajimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja, had reached out to women and other residents across Ikorodu division through the Community Development Associations (CDAs) and…

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Effects of COVID –19 Are Scary, Our People Can Do Better In Complying With Lockdown Directive – Hon. Benson

Kunle Adelabu The Representative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Defense, House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson, has expressed his displeasures over the level of compliance to the, stay – at – home directive by the government in Ikorodu. He said that the effects of the deadly disease are scary and charged people of Ikorodu division to do better by improving on their level of compliance to the stay – at – home order. The lawmaker stated this while responding to questions from journalists at his constituency…

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iCare Foundation Gives Out Food Items To 4,500 Families At Easter To Ease COVID –19 Lockdown Effects

Kunle Adelabu To many residents in the Ikorodu Federal Constituency who have been lamenting over the economic and social hardship of the lockdown order by the government in containing the spread of the Coronavirus, the distribution of food items by the iCare Foundation across Ikorodu division on Easter Sunday April 12, 2020 (yesterday) was coming at the right time. A staggering number of 4,500 families across the Federal Constituency comprising of six Local Government (LG) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) were presented with bags/packs of food items to achieve…

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CONVID -19 Lockdown: Hon. Solaja Relieves 3,000 Constituents With Food Items

Walle Jagun Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts and the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II, Hon. Nurudeen Saka Solaja, on Saturday, April 4, 2020, distributed food items to 3,000 beneficiaries in his constituency. According to Bibire, the lawmaker’s political machinery, the gesture, which cut across the three council areas in Ikorodu Constituency II – Igbogbo/Bayeku, Ijede and Imota Local Council Development Areas, was in support of the ongoing Lagos State COVID-19 Emergency Food Response initiated by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. According to the statement signed…

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Hon. Agunbiade Distributes Food Items To Cushion CONVID -19 Lockdown Effects

Kunle Adelabu More interventions, in form of social aid, to cushion the effects of the current lockdown of Lagos State, due to the CONVID – 19 pandemic,  continued in Ikorodu on Wednesday (yesterday) as the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the representative of the Ikorodu Constituency I, Hon. Sanai Oyeniran Bolanle, distributed 2000 bags of food items to residents. The bags, which contained garri, indomie, sphagetti, macaroni and other items, were distributed to residents in various parts of the Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest,…

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