He said each of the beneficiary would get N20,000.
The beneficiaries cut across the various Community Development Associations (CDAs), religious groups, youth council, indigenous families, party members, council staff, and marketers and physically challenged.
The Ikosi-Ejinrin Local Council Development Area has organised an End-of- year/Christmas Party for kids in the council at the council Secretariat, Agbowa, Lagos.
The chairman of the council, Wale Anomo highlighted the commitment of his administration to the development of council, emphasising social welfare packages, education, empowerment, among others.
He noted that though the programme was hosted by his wife, it was a collective effort to celebrate the children during the festive season.
He highlighted various activities such as quizzes, pick and talk, and funfair for the children, emphasising the importance of putting smiles on the faces of the future leaders.
He pledged that the next edition of the Christmas and New Year funfair would be more elaborate, ensuring parents also enjoy the festivities and take home valuable items.
The chairman’s wife, Sijuade Anomo, echoed her appreciation for the support from the sponsors of the programme and the people of Ikosi-Ejinrin.
She emphasised the significance of the funfair to the community.
She urged the kids to draw inspiration from the Special Guest of Honour, Aramide Adeyoye, and Mrs. Mosunmola Otaiku-Okoka, who are indigenes of Ikosi-Ejinrin LCDA and have excelled in their fields.
The event featured a raffle draw with prizes like gas cylinders, grinding machines, coolers and popcorn machines, adding to the festive atmosphere.
Speaking at Layeni Hall, Okeowo, who was represented by the Council Manager, Azeez Abiodun, thanked the retirees for their services to the council.
He expressed the gratitude of the government for their immeasurable contributions to the Civil Service from inception till their retirement time.
He said: “What we are giving you is not commensurable to your dedication to service of Lagos State and the Local Government system. It is just a token and a way of appreciation.”
According to him, this is not the appropriate time for the retirees to take another wife or venture into any new business but a time to rest.
The council chief stated that retirement should not be seen as a death sentence but an opportunity to rest as a long years of service.
He said: “You have attained the height of senior citizens; you have used your youthful ages to serve your country, it is now time for you to use your wealth of experience to serve your communities; be more relevant in religious activities and contribute your quotas in the family, join clubs of your likes and ensure that you are not idle or alone.”
The Director, Post Service, Local Government Establishment, Training and Pension, Irewole Ogunsakin, told the retirees to focus more on their health and exercise their body.
Human Resources Officer Isiaka Ijale told the retirees to always go for medical checkups at the Primary Healthcare Centres closest to them.
The event featured presentation of discharge certificates and gift items.
The retirees include Deputy Director Nursing, Mrs. Alice Afolabi Oyedele; Monsurat Olayemi Onikoyi; Mrs Adenike Karamot Bello; Mrs Ngozi Ashinwo; Mr Sunday Olusegun Folarin; Mrs Bassey Uduak Etim and Grace Elizabeth Ajokpanovo.
The Koloba/ Progressive Community Development Associations have appealed to the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Chairman of Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Mrs Bola Shobowale to come to their rescue from the annual flood that has submerged many houses and has rendered many landlords homeless.
The communities said their situation was worsened by the Alaja/Koloba/Sabo road construction started by the previous local government administration.
They said the place where the road stopped since almost five years ago is serving as flood collection point into their community since the drainage at both sides of the road did not lead to any canal or drainage.
According to them, “all the streets within Koloba area such as Taiwo Ojomo, Unity Road, Akin Odewole, Alhaji Adesokan, Paul Adewoyin, Ojetoye, Sodiq Ogunsanya, God First, Babayeju to mention few are always impassable to both motorists and pedestrians whenever it rains. And this will last for more than three months when no resident at those mentioned areas will be able to enter their houses.
“All the Community Development Associations (CDAs) efforts over this matter have been abortive due to the enormity and huge financial implications required to subdue the flood whenever it rains.
“We appeal to the Lagos State Government and Ayobo-Ipaja LCDA to come to our aid as many landlords have turned to tenants at another area due to the fact that the flood has sent them packing”
They said since officials of the state’s Ministry of Works and Ayobo-Ipaja LCDA visited and measured the entire community in 2022, nothing has been done on the road.
Famuyiwa made the promise at the stakeholders’ consultative forum towards the preparation of the Year-2024 Budget.
The council boss said his administration would collaborate with private individuals and corporate organizations to provide amenities that will improve the business bases of the people and earnings of government to bring about improved infrastructural development expected of the LCDA in the budgetary year that is being planned for.
He lamented that the failed monetary policies at the beginning of the year by former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria destabilised the plan of his administration on the modern hall that would have sprung up in the Secretariat premises.
“But, I want to assure you that everything humanly possible, will be done to make the LCDA Secretariat your great pride; and reference to solidify the economic base of the people of the LCDA,” he said.
Famuyiwa said in spite of the hardship being experiences by the people because of the monetary policies and petroleum subsidy removal, the government will be appreciative of the people for their cooperation on the success of the Y-2024 Budget under plan.
“While we concentrated on completing and delivering on-going projects in the current year, we activated the public healthcare centres (PHCs) at Ajasa and Meiran for the use of our people; we constructed Lawal Street at Iyana Ipaja with drainages for life use; and cushion the economic defects of our people with appropriate empowerment,” the Council boss said.
Famuyiwa explained that he has been able to enhance the capacity of the council officials with cars and buses to ensure optimal performance for the people of the local council area.
He urged the people to assist his administration by paying their dues, levies and tariff to ensure the success of the planned budget.
Chairman of Community Development Committee (CDC) in the LCDA, Ernest Kasumu, asked Famuyiwa to endeavour provide an avenue to have a data base of residents, shop owners, landlords and tenants to enable the government harness all resources accrueable to it and for proper security monitor for the peace of the people.
The Chairman of Egbe Idimu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Sanyaolu Olowoopejo, has lifted over a 100 residents with N50,000 each as palliative, through the department of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA).
Addressing the gathering, he noted that this was in continuation of the earlier distribution of foodstuff pack given to residents in the past month.
“As a progressive party, whose cardinal objectives include poverty alleviation, we have been regularly giving social welfare packages to our indigent people, including a regular monthly financial assistance to community members”, he said
He reiterated his commitment to empowering its residents of the LCDA and also cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal.
He implored the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the money and shun any frivolities.
The Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the council, Akibu Sanjay praised the Chairman for consistently providing social welfare packages to those in need noting that this would help people cope with the challenges caused by subsidy removal
Sanjay thanked the Chairman for empowering the residents of the council and encouraged the beneficiaries to use the money I’m the right way to improve their standard of living.
One of the beneficiaries Monisola Adewale lauded the efforts of the council and promised to make use of the money to improve her business.
Chairman of Apapa Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Alhaja Funmilayo Akande-Mohammed, has distributed palliative packages to 1,000 residents of the council.
The packages, consisting of 1,000 bags of rice and 1,000 bags of semovita, were distributed individuals within the community.
According to the her, the purpose of the distribution is to enhance the economic development of the area and alleviate the challenges faced by its residents.
She said: “Palliative packages distribution will improve the economic development of our community. It has been a tradition worldwide to give palliatives in periods of economic challenges, and we will not be an exception.”
Alhaja Akande-Mohammed urged everyone to remain steadfast in prayer, requesting divine strength for the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to execute his economic master plan that would bring prosperity to the nation once again.
On the selection criteria for the beneficiaries, she noted that priority was given to the elderly, widows, disabled individuals, and the less-privileged and that the approach aimed to ensure that those most in need would receive the necessary support.
The leader of the legislative arm, Ojora Kamoru Abiodun, noted that the purpose of the initiative was to alleviate the hardships faced by the people in the wake of the removal of fuel subsidy.
Abiodun emphasised the importance of implementing measures to ease people’s suffering, and assured the community that with proper planning, everything would become more manageable.
“We organised this programme to bring smiles to people’s faces, particularly the residents of our local government. There will be an improvement in the ease of living in Apapa Iganmu,” he said.
One of the beneficiaries, Alaba Tijani, expressed his gratitude to the chairman for her benevolence and encouraged her to continue implementing initiatives that benefit the people of the LCDA.
He also urged her to recognize the association of people living with physical disabilities in the Apapa Iganmu branch of the LCDA.
Another beneficiary, Sunday Adeoye said he never expected this kind of thing from the Chairman. He attested that the package given to him will serve his family for one month and wished the chairman would go for a third term or go as many times as she can.
Another beneficiary from Ward H, Kehinde Alabi appreciated the chairman for always carrying them along.
She also recounted how she helped her ailing mother years ago and supported her with a million naira.
“She is the one that is making my mum stand here today, God will continue to help her and her children,” she prayed.
The Chairman of Apapa Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Alhaja Funmilayo Akande-Mohammed has said that skill acquisition is the second means to better livelihood after education.
She spoke at the launch of a three-month skill acquisition scheme for some residents of the council area.
She said: “Vocational training has improved the socio-economic development of our community. It has developed our creativity and encouraged networking among experts by improving our human capital development and serves as a means of steady income.
“During our electioneering campaign, we promised that we would improve the socio-economic development of our community. Today, we are doing the second phase of our vocational training in my second term in office,” she said.
She spoke also of past and current projects carried out by the administration: “We distributed two hundred free General Certificate Examination (GCE) forms to our indigent students who sat for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam early this year and we are known for always empowering our youths massively so that our standard of living will increase.
“In addition to these, we are rehabilitating Akorede/Osimehen roads with interlocking stones, and building culverts, walkway and street lights.”
Alhaja Akande-Mohammed appealed to residents who were yet to pay their tax to fulfill their statutory responsibilities, urging them to abstain from maltreating the task force/revenue collecting staff of the council.
“All these goals wouldn’t have been possible without my viable legislators, executive members, management team, and the good people of Apapa Iganmu,” she said.
The training will cover skills such as catering/confectionery, makeup and gele, barbing, fashion design (male and female), and shoe making, among others.
Sir: Since the Nigerian Law School and the Council of Legal Education were established in 1962, it has produced legal luminaries in Nigeria. And to ensure that the quality of lawyers produced is not compromised; universities are only allowed to admit the quota approved by the Council of Legal Education (CLE) and the National Universities Commission (NUC). And the quota is based on some critical areas such as physical facilities, equipment, staffing, funding, and most importantly, a library collection that must match effectively and efficiently with the courses being offered in the law faculty. This speaks volume for the top-notch standard the CLE has consistently maintained in its over 60 years’ existence.
However, while the Council of Legal Education reserve the exclusive right to determine the quota for each university in the country based on their criteria, I passionately appeal that the quota for the Law Faculty of the University of Nigeria (UNN) be increased.
I am prompted to make this passionate appeal because of the recent list of approved quota (for law students) released by the Council of Legal Education. For example, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Rivers State University (RSU) were allotted 250 places each; while the quota for the University of Lagos and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) are 270 and 280, respectively.
So, if Rivers State University (RSU), a state university, could be given a quota of 250, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Enugu Campus), should be allotted a greater quota! I earnestly desire that the quota for the University of Nigeria, a federal university, should be increased because of its status as the oldest university in Nigeria. Technically speaking, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) is the first fully indigenous and autonomous university in Nigeria, with the power to grant its own degrees; because as at then, the University of Ibadan was still a university college granting London degrees. When the University of Ibadan turned out the first graduates holding the University of Ibadan (rather than London) degrees, University of Nigeria had already produced two sets of graduates.
The Law Faculty of the University of Nigeria, (UNN) is also the oldest in Nigeria, since it was the first law faculty to be established in the country in 1960. This was an unprecedented feat attained in the history of legal education in Nigeria.
I hereby appeal to the Minister of Education Prof. Tahir Mamman (SAN), being a former Director-General of the Nigerian Law School to step forward and help remedy the current imbalance. A university that has produced great legal icons, and known for its impeccable reputation deserves that its quota be increased. It would be a dream come true if this quota is increased especially now that we have an additional campus, the Port-Harcourt Campus of the Nigerian Law School.
I so then make this request with full assurance of the capacity of the Council of Legal Education to respond positively to it soonest!
The Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Mr. Wale Adedayo, has apologised for what many deemed as his “rash and sweeping” allegation of zero funds allocation to the 20 local governments in Ogun State against Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Wale Adedayo, a veteran journalist, had in a letter addressed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader and ex-governor of the state, Aremo Segun Osoba, accused Governor Abiodun of routinely withholding federal allocations as well as ecological funds meant for the 20 councils and urged the elder statesman to intervene and help end the alleged stifling of the councils since 2021.
He also followed up with a petition, which he forwarded to the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as well as the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), demanding a probe of the governor over alleged diversion of local government funds.
But on Tuesday night, the Ijebu East Council boss apologised to Governor Abiodun over the allegations. Nineteen other chairmen led by the ALGON Chairman in the state, Mr. Babatunde Emilola-Gazal, joined Adedayo at the Governor’s Office, Okemosan to ask for forgiveness on behalf of Adedayo, who regretted his action, prostrated and begged the governor.
In a trending short video clip, the council chairmen, who besieged the Governor’s Office, were also seen prostrating, apologising and begging passionately for Abiodun’s forgiveness on behalf of Adedayo.
“Your Excellency, we have come here to beg you as a father that you are, as a father of all in the state, we want you to forgive us.”
“Your Excellency, if you don’t forgive us, who do we run to? So, on behalf of all of us, I am tendering this apology, and in particular, on behalf of Wale Adedayo,” Emilola-Gazal said, and subsequently prostrated alongside others before the governor.
Responding, Governor Abiodun said he had always carried out his responsibilities as the governor with “every sincerity of purpose and truthfulness,” adding that when the news of the allegations was out, he told himself it could not be the particular ‘Dapo Abiodun’ being spoken of.”
The supervisory councillors in Ijebu East Local Government have disassociated themselves from the false allegations made by Adedayo against the governor.
In a statement issued yesterday and signed by the Supervisor for Community Development, Folake Adetayo; Supervisor for Agriculture, Kunle Adesanya; Supervisor for Finance, Jesse Osibanjo and Supervisor for Water and Environment Services, Fowora Abayomi, the local government functionaries said: “We are not in tandem with his actions and wouldn’t have been in support of any actions that will stall progress and development of the local government under any guise whatsoever.”
The supervisors therefore declared their political commitment to a brighter future of Ogun State as a priority, while pledging unconditional support to Governor Abiodun in his ‘Building Our Future Together Agenda.’
