Category: Politics

Wale JAGUN More facts have emerged concerning the reason why most councils in Ikorodu division experienced peaceful conduct during the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Local Government (LG) Congresses on Saturday, May 12, 2018.   THE IMPACT gathered that the intervention by Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Bashorun, the first Secretary to the Lagos State Government and the Asiwaju of Igbogboland, played a major role in the peaceful conduct of the Congress across the division.   According to the report gathered, the APC chieftain, who was absent at the reconciliation parley held at the…

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Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN – Stakeholders Agreed On Harmonized List In Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA -No Election in Ikorodu Central -Delegates Engaged In Violent Clash In Ikorodu North LCDA   The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Local Government Congresses were held peacefully in at least three out of the six councils in Ikorodu division.   The three councils are Ikorodu West, Imota and Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).   While there was election in Ikorodu West and Imota LCDAs, stakeholders and delegates agreed on  consensus arrangement in Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA.   However,…

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Wale JAGUN In its effort to resolve the fallout of the controversies that characterised the just concluded Ward Congress and prevent a repeat during the forthcoming Local Government Congress, leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other major stakeholders in the party converged on Friday, May 11, 2018,  on Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat to deliberate on the way forward.   A major decision taken at the high powered meeting was the resolution that all ward excos who had spent a term in office should be allowed to return. The…

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Kunle ADELABU, Wale JAGUN & Jare OLUKOTUN -Consensus prevailed in Igbogbo/Bayeku, Imota -Electoral officers arrested for irregularities The All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward Congress in Ikorodu Division brought back the memories of the 2017 Local Government (LG) Elections across the division as individuals and groups’ interests overshadowed that of the party. About 10 months after the controversial LG Congresses, the Congresses held on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at the Ward and Local Government levels of the party have again placed the ruling party on the brink in Ikorodu division. From…

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Kunle ADELABU With one year left in his first four years as a representative of the Ikorodu Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly and ahead of the congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for next month, party leaders in the constituency have endorsed Hon. Nurudeen Solaja for a second term.   The endorsement, which took place at Imota on Friday, April 27, 2018, during the 3rd edition of the Empowerment Programme instituted by the lawmaker for members of his constituency, gave a boost to his…

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-Gives account of stewardship Kunle ADELABU Hon. Nurudeen Saka Solaja, the representative of Ikorodu Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, is set to stage a mega empowerment scheme for the artisans in his Constituency in fulfillment of his electoral promises.   According to the lawmaker, more than 350 skilled constituents would benefit from the empowerment programme which is slated to hold in Imota today (Friday, April 27, 2018).   About 50 hair dressers would be given hair dryers while 40 barbers would go home with generating sets…

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Wale JAGUN After months of projection and persuasion by youths in Ikorodu division Otunba Ganiyu Abiru, the former Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the current chairman of the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) has finally agreed to join the race for the Lagos East Senatorial seat. A reliable source among the chieftains of the major youths group clamouring for Otunba Abiru’s aspiration for the Senate revealed this to THE IMPACT late in the night of Thursday, April 26, 1018 Details later…

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Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN -Odugbesi, Shillings also get supports as more aspirants join race The youths of Ikorodu division have intensified their agitations for the replacement of Senator Gbenga Ashafa, the current Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District at the National Assembly with candidate of Ikorodu extraction in the 2019 general elections. The agitation is also backed by some political, opinion and professional leaders in the division. The debate on the rejection of Senator Ashafa by the youths of the Ikorodu division, which have been going on for…

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The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon. Kehinde Bamigbetan, has declareg his intention to run for the Federal House of Representatives in 2019. P.M Express reports. The Honourable Commissioner made the declaration during his 53rd birthday ceremony held at De-Ark Event Center, Ejigbo. Bamigbetan disclosed that the vacancy that will be created in the House in 2019 with the exit of Hon Tony Nwulu, representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II – a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gave him the opportunity to occupy the position he relinquished in 2015. The…

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