Legislative Report Archives

Breaking: Lagos Assembly Moves To Impeach Ambode

January 28, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday evening began moves to impeach Governor Akinwunmi Ambode over alleged gross misconduct. The lawmakers at its plenary on Monday evening accused the governor of committing atrocities bordering on gross misconduct and spending budget that had not been laid before the House or approved by the Assembly. 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. Also, the lawmakers, through a…

Senate Adjourns Till Feb. 19 To Prepare For Election

January 25, 2019 Impact Newspaper

The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till Feb. 19, without considering the 2019 Budget. The senators would also use this period to prepare for the Feb. 16 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The recess is coming only two weeks after the National Assembly resumed from the Christmas break. The Senate did not consider the 2019 Appropriation Bill. It however, passed the Minimum Wage Bill through first and second reading. -NAN

I Will Sponsor ‘Start Up’ Bill To Give Youths More Opportunities – Hon. Benson

January 25, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU Member of the House of Representatives representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Hon. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has revealed his intention to sponsor ‘Start Up’ Bill if he is re-elected for the second term in the forthcoming General Elections. He made this revelation when he appeared on the Ikorodu Ambassadors Group WhatsApp platform on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. “I still believe I have a lot more to offer. I want to ensure that I am part of the train that will restore the division to prosperity. I…

Reps Pass Bill Criminalizing Estimated Billing

January 23, 2019 Impact Newspaper

The House of Representatives has passed a bill seeking to criminalise estimated billing in the country, among other things The lower legislative chamber passed the bill on Tuesday after considering the report of its committee on power sector. The report was adopted unanimously after Yusuf Lasun, deputy speaker of the house, put it to a voice vote. The bill aims to criminalise estimated billing and make the installation of prepaid meters compulsory for all power consumers in Nigeria. Bill estimation is a standard practice used by power providers when an…

Ikorodu Youths Want Commissionership, Separate Department

January 17, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU – Appeal For Revival of Moribund Vocational Centre -Our programmes have been youths inclined – Hons. Benson, Agunbiade Ikorodu youths, under the auspices of the Coalition of the Ikorodu West Youths in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), have demanded that youths should take charge of the Ministry of the Youths Affairs in the state cabinet when the new government takes over. They also requested for a separate department for the youths in local governments and local council development areas across the state. They made…

Lagos Assembly To Amend State Audit Law

January 14, 2019 Impact Newspaper

The Lagos State House of Assembly has concluded arrangement to strengthen the Audit Law in the state. Speaking during a day public hearing on A Law to Amend the Lagos State Audit Law on Friday, Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that a government must be transparent. Obasa, who was represented at the event by the Majority Leader, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade said that the government needed to generate revenue to serve the people and that government’s money must be spent for the purposes it is meant for.…

2019 Budget: Lagos Assembly Ready To Receive Gov. Ambode For Proper Presentation

January 12, 2019January 13, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have stated that they are ready to receive the governor of the state anytime the executive is ready to properly present the 2019 budgetary proposal. The lawmakers, on Thursday, January 10, 2019, cleared the air on news making the rounds in the state alleging their delay in the passage of the year 2019 budget. Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker, during the plenary session of the House said that there was no reason for anybody to shift blame on the Parliament over…

Ikorodu Federal Constituency: Hon. Benson Flags Off Second Term Campaign Today

January 12, 2019January 12, 2019 Impact Newspaper

Wale JAGUN Hon. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives in Abuja, is flagging off his second term bid campaign in Ikorodu, Lagos state, Southwest, Nigeria, today (Saturday). Hon. Benson is recontesting for the sole Ikorodu Federal seat on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The lawmaker was elected in 2015 to represent constituents in the six Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Ikorodu Division Preparations have started at the Ikorodu Local Government Open Ground…

Lawmaker’s Wife Charges Women To Vote For APC Candidates

December 20, 2018December 24, 2018 Impact Newspaper

Jare OLUKOTUN Mrs Olajumoke Benson, the wife of Hon. Jimi Benson, the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives, has charged all women to vote for all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 General Elections. She made this call at the December edition of her husband’s iCare Foundation’s monthly distribution of food items to another set of constituents who are in need. A total of 500 less privileged, vulnerables people, elderly people, disables, widows and others benefitted at…

Pursue Image of What You Want To Become In Future While In School, Lagos Majority Leader, LASPOTECH Rector Charge Students

December 18, 2018 Impact Newspaper

Kunle ADELABU The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the representative of the Ikorodu Constituency I, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, and the Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Mr Samuel Sogunro, have charged students of the Polytechnic to start seeing themselves in the mirror of what they want to become in future. The Rector and the lawmaker made this statement at the Inauguration/Orientation Progranmme of the 2018/2019 Legislative Session of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC), Students Union Government of the Lagos State Polytechnic, held at the…