Preamble Nigeria has been bedeviled with myriad of problems, especially in three decades (1985 – 2015). Major among these problems are insecurity, leadership corruption and mass unemployment. Efforts made by various administrations to address these problems have not only failed to produce the desired results, but have also led to people propounding irrelevant panacea. That is why we talk about restructuring, fiscal federalism, true federalism, regionalism, resource control devolution of powers, et el. The time is ripe for us to move away from these “jargons” and settle for what…
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. AKINWUNMI AMBODE, GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE AT THE INSTALLATION AND PRESENTATION OF STAFF OF OFFICE AND INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT TO HIS ROYAL MAJESTY ALAIYELUWA, OBA (ENGR) BASHIRU AREMU SOTONWA, OSOMEKU1 AS THE OBA OF SEKUMADE OF IPAKODO IN IKORODU WEST LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREA ON THURSDAY, 1ST FEBRUARY, 2018.
Her Excellency, The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr.Idiat Oluranti Adebule Honourable Members of the State House of Assembly, Members of the State Executive Council Body of Permanent Secretaries, The Executive Chairmen, of Local Governments/Local Council Development Areas here present, especially the Host of this occasion, Hon. (Princess) Jumoke Jimbo- Ademehin, Executive Chairman, Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area. Chairman and Members of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs, The Celebrant, Alaiyeluwa, Oba (Engr) Basiru Aremu Sotonwa, Osomeku1, Sekumade of Ipakodo, Obas, Baales and…
Read MoreSPEECH BY OTUNBA (DR.) GANI ADAMS AT HIS INSTALLATION AS THE 15TH AARE ONA KAKANFO OF YORUBALAND BY THE ALAAFIN OF OYO, IKU BABA YEYE, HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OBA LAMIDI OLAYIWOLA ADEYEMI III, HELD AT DUNBAR STADIUM, OYO TOWN ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2018
PROTOCOLS Mo juba awon Aare Ona Kakanfo to siwaju mi: 1. Kokoro Gangan of Iwoye 2. Oyapote of Iwoye 3. Oyabi of Ajase 4. Adeta of Jabata 5. Oku of Jabata 6. Afonja of Ilorin 7. Toyeje of Ogbomoso 8. Edun of Gbogun 9. Amepo of Abemo 10. Kurumi of Ijaiye 11. Ojo Aburumaku of Ogbomoso (son of Toyeje of Ogbomosho) 12. Latoosa of Ibadan 13. Ladoke Akintola of Ogbomoso 14. M.K.O. Abiola of Abeokuta There cannot be a more humbling occasion for me as the one we are in…
Read MoreAddress Presented On The Occasion Of The First Quarterly Town Hall Meeting In Y2018 (The Tenth In The Series) Held At Blue Roof Lagos Television (LTV) Complex, Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja On Thursday January 11th 2018
I welcome you to our 10th Quarterly Town Hall Meeting. It is very significant that we are gathered here today in the State Capital, Ikeja to listen and interact with residents of Lagos West Senatorial Zone. Town Hall Meetings practice in Lagos will be 140 years old this month. Holding this particular event in Lagos cannot be more historic. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are entering the New Year with confidence because our State is on a solid prosperity footing and with a lot of interesting prospects for all Lagosians. As we…
Read MoreBeing The Text of Address Delivered By The Executive Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Comrade Sesan Daini At 1st Stakeholders’ Meeting/Interactive Forum Held On Thursday, October 12, 2017
Protocols It is with great pleasure and honour that I address you at the auspicious event geared towards the development of our Local Council Development Area and by extension Lagos State. This maiden Stakeholders’ Meeting and Budget Interactive Session is crucial at this time to further reiterate the commitment of our administration in addressing the several challenges we face as people and to collectively fashion out a way forward in which each of us individually and collectively play our roles as citizens, community leaders, and government. We are a government…
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