Category: Legislative Report

Kunle ADELABU.  Ikorodu community is not handling the unfortunate incident of late Adijat Shakiru, who was allegedly killed on Monday, March 18, 2019, by a stray bullet  shot by a police Raider, with kid gloves. Aside discussing the matter on the social media, particularly those related to Ikorodu, and demanding for justice, the community is also mobilizing support to give the bereaved family legal representation as plans are underway to press charges against the trigger happy officer to get justice. At the fore front of this move is the Majority…

Kunle ADELABU (Abuja) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday 14 presented certificates of return to Senators and members of House of Representatives-elect. Three Senators-elect from Lagos State; Sen. Bayo Osinowo, Sen. Remi Tinubu and Sen. Adeola Solomon, representing Lagos East, Central and West Senatorial Districts respectively, were among the newly elected federal lawmakers across the country that received their Certificates of Return at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Also presented with Certificates of Return were the newly elected members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly. The…

Jare OLUKOTUN Five hundred (500) residents across the six local government and local council development areas (LCDAs) in Ikorodu division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Sunday, February 10, 2019, benefitted from the iCare FoodBank, an initiative of the federal lawmaker, Hon. Babajimi Benson.   Speaking at the distribution of the food items and beverages which took place at his constituency office in Ikorodu, Hon Benson said the laudable initiative was designed to prevent residents, particularly the vulnerable indigent ones, across the division, from going to bed without food. He…

Wale JAGUN Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, has said that the controversies surrounding the presentation of the 2019 Budget by the state government have led to several insinuations in some quarters.   Obasa stated this while reacting to the presentation of the 2019 Budget by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday, February 5,2019.   The Speaker stated that the controversial budget has led to series of negative publications both on social media and in the print media.   He stressed that the publications…

Members of the Lagos State house of Assembly at its plenary on Monday evening accused the governor of committing constitutional infractions in respect of the 2019 Budget Out of the 34 lawmakers who spoke at the plenary, 28 of them called for the impeachment of the governor while six others called on the governor to resign. PM News compiled the contributions of the lawmakers during the session: Hon. Rotimi Olowo   Rewriting of the Budget is an impeachable offence. The Government has been shut down and our roads are in…

Wale JAGUN -Summons State Gov. The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday, January 28, 2019, alleged that the Lagos State Executive Council led by His Excellency, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, has committed infractions by executing the 2019 budget without the input of the Assembly.   According to the official twitter handle of the Lagos State House of Assembly @Ishaofficial, Governor Ambode and his cabinet are thus mandated to defend their action before the House proceed on the commencement of impeachment proceeding.   THE IMPACT gathered that the Speaker, Rt. Hon.…