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  • Lawmaker lifts constituents

    Lawmaker lifts constituents

    The lawmaker representing Lagos Mainland in the House or Representatives, Moshood Oshun, has distributed food packs to 8,500 residents in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to support vulnerable persons.

    Beneficiaries were drawn from community development associations, schools, religious groups and work associations.

    Oshun said the gesture was a directive by President Tinubu to lawmakers, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture. The lawmaker  personally distributed 5,000 food packs to his constituents in December.

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    He said: “It’s just a way by the government to ameliorate the people’s suffering. Things are a bit difficult in the country at the moment, so we are just trying to assist the people.

    “We are reaching out to 8,500 people. For those that get their package today, I will say congratulations to them. But those who didn’t get any will surely get in another few months. One certainty is that I will always be there for my people. I will make sure I’m available to assist them in whatever form I can.”

    Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, Adeyemi Kayode praised the lawmaker for following through with the presidential directive and not diverting the food packs for personal use. Kayode said the exercise is about enhancing the vulnerable.

    A beneficiary, Christiana Ebifemi, praised Oshun and the lawmaker for the gesture. She said it would help many like her to feed their families.

  • Lawmaker lifts constituents with 5,000 food packs

    Lawmaker lifts constituents with 5,000 food packs

    The Lawmaker representing Mainland Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Moshood Oshun, had distributed food packs to 5,000 residents in his constituency.

    The beneficiaries were vulnerable households drawn from community development associations, artisans and schools.

    A former House of Representative member, Jide Jimoh, who kicked off the distribution, praised Oshun for remembering his constituency.

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    He said: “For him to have thought of assisting members of the different communities with essential food items, we thank him because it is not easy to feed people. It is not easy to help the poor. Many members of the community, no matter where they belong politically, will benefit.”

    Jimmy therefore urged the people to repay Oshun in good deeds.

    The Queens College community, Ya back, got 12 food packs. Mrs. Abiola Jacobs, who picked the items on behalf of the community, said: “The lawmaker has always been good to the Queens College community. He always assists the school and sometimes visits. I am very happy about it and, on behalf of the Queens College community, we say a big thank you to our lawmaker, Hon. Moshood Oshun for the love shown to the school. We pray the good Lord bless him abundantly.”   

  • Support Buhari to build a stronger country – Lawmaker tells Atiku

    Chairman of the public accounts (state) committee of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Moshood Oshun, has admonished Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and other opponents of President Muhammadu Buhari to see how they can support the government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next four years to build a stronger nation.

    Oshun, who reacted to President Buhari’s victory at the polls as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), noted that Nigeria has several challenges before it adding that it is the time for leaders and followers to unite ahead of the next four years.

    Noting that Buhari has remained magnanimous in victory, Oshun urged the opposition to congratulate the winner of the election and support the move to build a Nigeria of everyone’s dream.

    He congratulated the president and the APC for the victory, describing it as well deserved from the citizens who are passionate to see that their country is no longer governed by alleged thieves in government.

    The lawmaker commended the co-chairman of the Buhari campaign council, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all the various groups who championed the battle for the success of the APC at the polls.

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    Oshun also expressed optimism that the next four years would make better impacts on the lives of Nigerians arguing that the government would simply continue from where it would end the current dispensation.

    “We are going to witness a better four years and my admonition to Nigerians is for us all to unite and support the government. Let’s not distract the administration. I am sure that with our support, we would end the next four years meeting set targets.

    “Currently, the government has made several marks on various sectors of the country including agriculture and physical infrastructures. It is, therefore, going to be a smooth continuation of already planned goals.

    “I want to comment Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and from him to every other person who played favourable roles in this election. Our party will be ever united to as the battle to rid the country of bad governance continues,” the lawmaker said.

  • Support Buhari to build a stronger country –Lawmaker tells Atiku, others

    Chairman of the Public Accounts (State) Committee of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Moshood Oshun, has admonished Atiku Abubakar and other opponents of President Muhammadu Buhari, to see how they can support the government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next four years to build a stronger nation.

    Oshun, who reacted to President Buhari’s victory at the polls as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), noted that Nigeria has several challenges before it, adding that it is the time for leaders and followers to unite ahead of the next four years.

    Noting that Buhari has remained magnanimous in victory, Oshun urged the opposition to congratulate the winner of the election and support the move to build a Nigeria of everyone’s dream.

    He congratulated the president and the APC for the victory, describing it as well deserved.

    The lawmaker also commended the co-chairman of the Buhari campaign council, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and all the various groups who championed the battle for the success of the APC at the polls.

    He expressed optimism that the next four years would make better impacts on the lives of Nigerians, arguing that the government would simply continue from where it would end the current dispensation.

    “Currently, the government has made several marks on various sectors of the country including agriculture and physical infrastructures. It is, therefore, going to be a smooth continuation of already planned goals,” he said.

  • Visit Sambisa to encourage the military, lawmaker tells Jonathan

    Visit Sambisa to encourage the military, lawmaker tells Jonathan

    The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government Administration and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Moshood Oshun, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to demonstrate leadership by visiting Sambisa forest in Borno State.

    Speaking during a weekly program organised by the House of Assembly correspondents tagged ‘Time out with the Press’, the lawmaker said the alleged mutiny by soldiers deployed to the affected areas may averted if the President, who is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces had visited Sambisa to encourage the troops.

    The lawmaker called on the Federal Government to take a cue from its Camerounian counterparts, which deployed all the machinery at its disposal to secure the release of the wife of the Deputy Prime Minister of Cameroon, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents by all also ensuring the release of the over 200 Chibok students that were abducted over 100 days ago.

     

  • Lagos Assembly condemns clamp down on media

    Lagos Assembly condemns clamp down on media

    The Lagos State House of Assembly has condemned the clamp down on the media by the military.

    Mr. Moshood Oshun (Lagos Mainland 2) raised the matter at plenary on Monday under Matters of Urgent Public Importance.

    He said the seizure of newspapers, beating up and detaining of newspaper vendors and circulation officers were meant to kill the press.

    Oshun said such was the norm under military regimes and should not be allowed in a democracy.

    He said: “If the Federal Government felt bad about any report, it should go to a court of law rather than harass, beat up and detain newspaper vendors, who do not even know how reports in the newspapers were written. It is wrong for the government to seize newspaper copies at this material time in the country.”

    The Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, said it was not possible to kill the press, adding that not even military regimes were able to do so.

    Ikuforiji said: “If they do not allow the press to publish openly, they would go underground and publish. There is no way the Federal Government can kill the press. They should bring back our girls and fight Boko Haram instead of fighting the press.”

    Mr. Rotimi Olowo (Shomolu 1) described the clamp down on the media as “an abuse of office by a democratic government”, saying the nation was not under military rule.

    Olowo said: “The Federal Government should have gone to court if it felt offended. There is separation of powers in a democratic setting. We should write to the National Assembly to invite the Minister of Interior and the National Security Adviser on the matter.”

    Mr. Segun Olulade (Epe 2) said terrorising the media was as bad as the activities of the Boko Haram sect, adding: “The seizure of newspapers and intimidation of pressmen is unwarranted and condemnable. It is a reckless action by the Federal Government. The National Assembly should rise and speak up against it. We should not go back to the era of clamping down on the media like the military regime.

    Mudashiru Obasa (Agege 1) said the incident was similar to what obtained under the late General Sani Abacha’s rule.

    He compared it to “what Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi is undergoing in the hands of the Federal Government” and the ban on Bring Back Our Girls protests by Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner Joseph Mbu, which was later reversed by the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Abubakar.

    Obasa said: “All these are plans towards the 2015 general elections. Military men who should be fighting Boko Haram are fighting the press. President Goodluck Jonathan wants to use this method to kill the press. If you kill the press, anything could happen. We should be vigilant against this administration.”

     

  • Police boss to appear before Assembly

    Police boss to appear before Assembly

    Lagos State Commissioner of Police Umar Manko is to appear before the House of Assembly on January 13.

    The House gave the directive at plenary on Monday after the Clerk, Ganiyu Abiru, read a letter from the commissioner demanding a specific date for him to appear before the lawmakers.

    The House had summoned the police boss on issues relating to cultism in Yaba and public schools without giving him a specific date.

    This made the commissioner to write back demanding a date.

    Moshood Oshun, Lagos Mainland II, raised the issue of cultism penultimate week.

    Manko will also brief members on an alleged brutality of two women, who were stripped naked by some youths in Ejigbo area of the state.

  • Lawmakers seek peaceful Xmas

    Lawmakers seek peaceful Xmas

    Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday urged Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola to direct appropriate security agencies, especially the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) to strengthen security around Lagos Mainland as a result of cult activities and to ensure security of lives and property during the Yuletide.

    The House, which was presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Kolawole Taiwo also resolved that the Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, be invited to brief members on security challenges.

    The resolution followed a Matter of Urgent Public Importance raised by a member, Moshood Oshun (Mainland I), that cultism had gone haywire in the area.

    He said a man was allegedly butchered in Bariga area in broad day-light, adding that cultists in higher institutions around the Mainland had moved into surrounding communities to initiate miscreants into their fold, leading to killings and counter killings.