Category: Legislative Report

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…

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The House of Representatives on Thursday approved June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria and abrogated May 29. Previously, May 29 is always observed as Democracy Day since 1999. But President Muhammadu Buhari, last year declared that June 12 would now be marked as Democracy Day and a day to handover power. However, the House of Reps’ approval followed the adoption of a report on a bill seeking to amend the Public Holidays Act 2004. The lawmakers approved the amendments to three clauses ‎in the Act, as recommended in the…

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Kunle ADELABU The Ikorodu Federal Constituency representative at the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly, Hon. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has stated his reason for supporting the Bill on the removal of age barrier for applicants seeking employment into the Federal Government service.   He revealed this when he appeared as a guest on THE IMPACT WhatsApp platform recently to discuss the Bill.   On July 4, 2018, the young lawmaker had moved the motion for the “Urgent Need To Review The Age Barrier In Vacancies Announced By Nigeria Police Force,…

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The Lagos State House of Assembly has decried the congestion at Sekumade Road in Ikorodu area of Lagos caused by heavy duty trucks. The House has therefore called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to call on the Commissioner for Transport, officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), management of Ipakodo Lighter Terminal to put a stop to indiscriminate parking of long vehicles on the road. The Assembly also called on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to provide a place where long vehicles would park before they load goods from…

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Wale JAGUN & Azeez MATANMI The Federal lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly, Hon. Babajimi Olagoke Benson, has indeed shown that his Foodbank program, initiated about a year ago through his iCare foundation, is here to stay.   The program, since its inception in 2017, has been giving succor to the less privileges, disables, elderly persons and other people  in needs through the monthly distribution of food items nonstop.   This November, 500 residents across the six council areas that made up…

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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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