Category: Legislative Report

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a Bill for a Law to Provide for the Establishment of the Lagos State Tourism Promotion Agency and for Connected Purposes.   The Agency is being put in place to promote the state’s tourism industry and achieve international best practices in the delivery of tourism products and services.   The 54-section bill, sponsored by 13 lawmakers, was read for the third time on the floor of the House before passage after a voice vote.   Mr Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the…

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The contentious consolidated Lagos State Environmental Law and nine others are currently being reviewed by lawmakers in the Lagos State House of Assembly. Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, spoke to journalists at Park Inn By Radisson Hotel, Kuto, Abeokuta, Ogun State venue of a 3-Day Retreat. Obasa stated that the essence of coming together to review the laws of the state was to serve the interest of members of the public and create opportunities for them. He added that the review would give the lawmakers an opportunity…

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The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to reactivate the office of drainage in the State so that they could be alive to its responsibility, saying that evacuation of the major canals across the State should be intensified. The House also called on the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye to clear illegal structures built on setbacks of canals across the state. It also called on the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state…

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-Urges Ambode To Empower PWC To Begin Palliative Works On Roads The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for caution on the implementation of “Operation Velvet” through which the Nigerian Police and other agencies are checking vehicle particulars and enforcing traffic laws on Lagos roads. Raising the issue under Matter of Urgent Public Importance on !Monday, the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade stated that the House commended the Nigerian Police and others for the decision to curtail traffic recklessness on Lagos roads. He however, urged the…

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Our Reporter The Lagos State House of Assembly has denied the rumour going round, both in the social media and regular media, that it was planning to impeach Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the state. Speaking at the beginning of plenary on Monday, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that there was no truth in the rumour. Obasa revealed that he had received telephone calls and enquiries from prominent members of the public over the alleged impeachment moves against Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. According to him, Solidarity Group…

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Kunle ADELABU -Hon. Agunbiade to visit school in November The Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) Students’ Union Representatives Council Speaker, Rt. Hon. Balogun Babatunde Temitayo (representative of Mechanical Engineering Department) on Wednesday, October 17, led honourable members of the council on a solidarity visit to the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade.   At the brief meeting held at the Hon. Agunbiade’s Constituency Office in Ikorodu, the students’ representatives stated that they had come to identify with the recent success of the former students’ leader…

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Our Reporter The Lagos State House of Assembly has ordered the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state to call on the Private Sector Partnership (PSP) operators in their areas to go back to refuse packing job with immediate effect. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, who gave this directive on Thursday on behalf of the lawmakers during plenary also ordered the Clerk of the House, Mr. Azeez Sanni to invite the Commissioner for the Environment, Hon. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti to appear before…

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