Lawmaker Kicks Against Employment Discrimination On Basis Of Age

Kunle ADELABU The lawmaker representing the Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson, has called for the  review of the employability criteria of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure that no eligible applicant is discriminated against on the basis of age. He is seeking the removal of the age gap which he stated is discriminatory and a breach of the fundamental human rights of the eligible applicants. Hon. Benson raised the motion on the floor of the House on Wednesday, July 4, 2018,…

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Hon. Agunbiade Empowers 169 Constituents With Skills In Ikorodu

Kunle ADELABU -Participants get startup kits, certificates, offer for further training at RHODA Centre 169 participants in the 4th Hon. Sanai Agunbiade Skills Acquisition Programme were, on Wednesday, July 2, 2018, graduated after about five weeks of intensive training in Catering & Hotel Management, Make-Up & Beads, Hair Dressing, Soap & Pomade, Tie & Dye and Event Decoration & Planning. The participants were presented with startup kits by the Ministry of Women Affairs & Poverty Alleviation, which sponsored the programme. They were also offered the opportunity of further training at…

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Photos: Hon. Benson, iCare Foundation Distributes Food Items To Constituents

In continuation of his Foodbank (Apo Anu) initiative, Hon. Babajimi Benson, member, Federal House of Representatives and his operational group, iCare Foundation,on Saturday, June 9,2018,distributed various food items to needy, handicapped and less privileged constituents. The distribution of the food items to about 500 constituents took place at the constituency office of the federal lawmaker in Ikorodu.

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4th Edition of Hon. Agunbiade’s Skill Acquisition Programme Kicks Off

Kunle ADELABU Another opportunity for the teeming unemployment youths and those employed but are still willing to acquire vocational skills, opened up in Ikorodu on Thursday, May 24, 2018, as the 4th edition of the Hon. S.O.B Agunbiade’s Skill Acquisition Programme kicked off.   The skill vocational training, which is expected to last for 4 weeks, started on Thursday with about 100 of the expected 150 targeted beneficiaries at the Constituency office of the lawmaker located along the Obafemi Awolowo Way, Oke – Ota Ona, Ikorodu, where the past three…

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President Buhari’s Impeachment: Hon. Benson Calls On lawmakers To Place National Interest Above Politics

Kunle ADELABU The Representatives of Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Adegoke Benson, has urged both members of the House of Representatives and Senate to ensure that national interests supersede political interest.   He made this appeal while reacting to the purported move by some Senators to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammud Buhari, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria.   Some Senators were reported to have  made attempt to  commence impeachment proceedings against the President who was accused…

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Hon Solaja Empowers 336 Constituents, Rolls Out Achievements In 3 Years

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.  …

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Hon. Benson Commissions ICT Centre, Block of Classrooms in Ikorodu, Ijede

Kunle ADELABU -Says constituency projects are means of facilitating FG’s projects for the benefits of Nigerians It was yet another impactful representation by Hon. Babajimi Benson, member, Federal House of Representatives, for the people of Ikorodu division on Saturday, March 31, 2018, as the performing lawmaker commissioned two laudable constituency projects to mark his birthday celebration.   While an ICT Centre was commissioned at Ayangbure Primary School in Ikorodu Local Government to advance the knowledge base of the pupils, especially in computer technology, a block of 3-Classrooms was commissioned at…

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Lagos Assembly Warns Against Signing MoU Without Recourse To House

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…

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