Category: Legislative Report

Lagos Assembly Urges Ambode To Clear Blocked Drainages

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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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Lagos Assembly Calls For Caution On Operation Velve

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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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NBA Calls For More Judges, Court Rooms In Ikorodu High Court

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Wale JAGUN The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ikorodu branch, has called the attention of the Lagos State Government through the office of the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the representative of Ikorodu Constituency I, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, to the challenges being faced in the Lagos Judicial Division sitting in Ikorodu.   The association made this call when Hon. Agunbiade, who is equally a lawyer and former Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights, visited the High Court Complex on Wednesday, October 24, to assess…

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Students’ Representatives From LASPOTECH, UNILAG, Other Institutions Visit Lagos Assembly Leader

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Jare OLUKOTUN More students representatives across Lagos State are identifying with Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, as another sets of students’ representatives from Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH),  University of Lagos (UNILAG),Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Micheal Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED) and other institutions on Monday, October 22, paid him courtesy and solidarity visits. The visits were coming barely a week after the solidarity visit by the officers and members of the LASPOTECH Students’ Union Representative Council to the lawmaker. The…

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Lagos Assembly Denies Planning To Impeach Ambode

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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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LASPOTECH Students’ Union Representatives Council Pays Solidarity Visit To Hon. Agunbiade

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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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Lagos Assembly Orders Immediate Returns of PSP Operators, Disowns Visionscape

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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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Lagos Speaker To APC Candidates: It’s Not Yet Time To Jubilate

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The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday said it was not yet time for lawmakers who won tickets to seek reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to jubilate.   Obasa, who made the appeal when the House resumed plenary after a 13-week recess, said the tickets called for more services to the people.   The speaker, while reacting to the just-concluded APC primaries in the state, urged the members to return to their respective constituencies to galvanise support for the…

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We Have Started Benefiting From The Results Of Oba Shotobi Independence Day Marathon – Planning Committee Chairman

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Kunle ADELABU -Oba Shotobi calls for sustenance of race Organizers of the annual Oba Shotobi Independence Day Mini-Marathon in Ikorodu has revealed that the division has started benefiting from the results of the race designed to encourage sportsmanship among students in Ikorodu division and bring back the lost glory of the division in sporting sector.   Mr Akeem Bello, the Chairman of the 4th Oba Shotobi Independence Day Marathon, revealed this during the unveiling of the 2018 mascot for this year’s edition of the race.   His royal Majesty, Oba…

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Lagos Assembly Postpones Resumption By 3 Weeks

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The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday postponed its resumption earlier scheduled for Sept. 17 to Oct. 8. The Assembly had on July 10 adjourned to Sept. 17 to enable members to go on their annual recess. During the period, the House hosted the Conference of South West Speakers and Conference of Speakers of Nigeria between Aug. 3 and Aug. 5 in Lagos. NAN reports that the conference elected new executive at its 2018 Second Quarter Conference and the Speaker of the Lagos Assembly emerged as its new chairman.…

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