Category: Politics

Kunle Adelabu -Charge Gov on need for respect, pay attention to deplorable infrastructures in Ikorodu The traditional and political leaders in Ikorodu Division, have called out the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo – Olu, in an unusual and unexpected way, on what was termed deliberate marginalization of the Division. Leaders from Ikorodu, which is one of the five Divisions that made up Lagos State, in a statement on Monday, demanded that the Governor should allocate a minimum of three slots in his proposed cabinet against the one…

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Kunle Adelabu -Charges state on deplorable infrastructures in Ikorodu Division Stakeholders in the Ikorodu Division, under the aegis of the lkorodu Division People’s Forum (IDPF), have demanded for the review of the 39 names of nominees proposed for the cabinet positions in the second term of Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu.The group is demanding for a minimum of four positions in the cabinet. According to the group, which totally rejected the one slot given to Ikorodu Division, their demand is based on the number of the…

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Kunle Adelabu The apex leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu Division, has written to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, on the list of nominees for the state cabinet, sent to the Lagos State House of Assembly, last week for ratification, and which has only one nominee from Ikorodu. It was gathered that the former Deputy Governor and the apex leader in Ikorodu, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, led the team to the State House on Tuesday, where the letter was presented to the Chief…

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Kunle Adelabu Concerned Ikorodu North Citizens Forum has written the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu Division, over what they termed perpetual marginalization of the council area. The concerned residents of the Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, are protesting the failure of the leadership in considering the political zone for state appointments, since its inception. In a statement issued by the concerned group and sent to THE IMPACT, they said that they are compelled to write…

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Kunle Adelabu -Controversies hinder nomination of a Council Chairman The apex leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu division, may have settled for the two former Commissioners in the first term administration of the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to again represent the division, in the governor’s second term administration. THE IMPACT gathered that the leaders met over the Commissionership lists, last Friday and Saturday, at the home of the former Deputy Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Prince Abiodun…

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Wale Jagun The management team and members of the Lekan Aroyewun Project (LeAP), a formidable political platform of the former aspirant for the Ikorodu Constituency II seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Hameed Olalekan Aroyewun, have joined numerous others in felicitating Sen. Tokunbo Abiru and Rep. Babajimi Benson, on their respective inaugurations at the 10th National Assembly, in Abuja, today. Sen. Tokunbo Abiru and Rep. Babajimi Benson, Senator representing Lagos East and representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, respectively, today, took the oath of office as members…

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Mariam Akinloye  -Hails Abass, Kalu emergence as Speaker, Deputy The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the former Minister of Niger Delta and ex-Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio on his election of the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. Governor Sanwo-Olu also extends his congratulatory message to the newly elected Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, who currently represents Kano North Senatorial District in the Red Chamber. He said the elections of Akpabio and Jibrin as President of the Senate and Deputy Senate…

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