Category: Legislative Report

Kunle ADELABU The representative of Ikorodu Constituency ll in the Lagos State House of Assembly , Hon. Nurudeen Solaja, on Friday,April 27,2018,  empowered over 360 Constituents who are artisans  with various business tools and items during the 3rd edition of his Annual  Bibire empowerment Programme tagged, ‘Mega Empowerment 2018’.   At the programme which was held at the U.P.E Playing Ground, Ebute Ajebo Road, Imota, the first term lawmaker also listed his representative achievements in the last three years as a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly.  …

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said that any contract or Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Executive arm of government without recourse to the House is not binding on the Legislature. The Leadership reports The Speaker of the House Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa made this known after the remarks of Hon Gbolahan Yishawu on the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Lagos State government and a United Kingdom based firm for the latter to maintain 1,000 Street lights in Lagos without knowledge of the House. He therefore ordered that…

Kunle ADELABU – Write Petition to representative for intervention -There is need for concerted efforts from the residents – Hon. Agunbiade Seven years after the construction of Soberu Ogunsanya road, popularly called ‘Powerline’ road, was abandoned by Eko Akete Engineering Construction Company, residents of the area, under the aegis of Olori Powerline Community Development Association(CDA), have called on the Lagos State Government to reconstruct the road and safe them from incessant flooding.   The road was awarded around 2012 by the former governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and was abandoned…

Wale JAGUN -About 19,000 constituents benefitted in 13 editions of the food programme so far Another set of constituents, on Saturday, March 24, 2018, benefitted from the monthly distribution of food items by the lawmaker representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the lower house of the National Assembly, Hon. Babajimi Benson and his foundation, iCare, a non-profit making organization that focuses on the improvement of the quality of lives of every resident of Ikorodu Federal Constituency.   The beneficiaries of the much celebrated initiative are residents of Ikorodu division who are…

The House of Representative is putting together a legislation that will criminalise electricity theft in the Country and provide for a stiffer penalty against the perpetrators of the act.   The Chairman, House Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, Mr. Shodimu Mutiu disclosed this in Kaduna when he led members of the Committee on an oversight visit to Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company.   He maintained that the challenges facing the Kaduna DisCo are not any different from the challenges being faced by other DisCos and that a nationwide legislation will be…