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  • Christmas: Osinowo felicitates with Lagosians

    The senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos East, Bayo Osinowo, has urged Christians to pray for the country to overcome its security, political and socio-economic challenges. He said this in a Christmas goodwill message made available to newsmen by his media team at the weekend.

    Osinowo, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, urged Christians to remember the indigents, the sick and the homeless across the state in prayers.

    The APC chieftain reassured Lagosians of the state government’s commitment to making life better for the people of the state during and after the yuletide season. He pleaded for peaceful celebrations during the Christmas period. “During his earthly sojourn, Jesus Christ repeatedly reminded his disciples and followers of peace that comes in the midst of trials and tribulations on earth,” he said.

    “Faithful adherence to the virtues of Jesus Christ, including love, unity, sacrifice and peaceful coexistence, which constitute the fundamental ingredients for development of any nation and will lead to the growth and stability of Lagos State in particular and Nigeria as a whole. Christians should use this period as one for sober reflection on the acute challenges facing us all to see how they could apply the virtues of Jesus Christ in fashioning out workable solutions,” he pleaded.

    The lawmaker, who has been giving out cash and food items to indigent people across the senatorial district in the spirit of the season, said “the spirit of sharing is an African tradition that generates happiness and ensures social stability in the absence of a formal social security mechanism that caters for the less-privileged in our society. It is therefore important that we use this season to give to those in need, like Christ did.”

     

  • I’ll not disappoint my constituents, says Osinowo

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Lagos East District, Hon. Bayo Osinowo has promised not to disappoint his constituents if elected senator in 2019.

    Osinowo, currently a member of House of Representative, made the pledge at the launch of his campaign vehicles in Lagos yesterday.  He said he was overwhelmed with the support given him by party members across the senatorial district. He appreciated the youth, women and party elders who stood by him in the past six months in the struggle for the party’s senatorial ticket. He is currently

    He said “today, I’m happy with the presence of capable hands around me. Given the calibre of my associates I have, I can go to any war and win. God will not allow opposition to triumph over us.”

    One of the campaign coordinators Mrs Yetunde Arobieke commended Osinowo for making provision for vehicles to ease movement of the campaign officials. According to her, those before him never   provided such facility. She promised that the vehicles would be effectively used for  mobilisation of voters .

    The Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of Bayo Osinowo Campaign Organisation, Mr Tunde Braimah said the vehicles were provided for the comfort of the campaign coordinators in line with Hon. Osinowo’s philosophy of live and let others live. He advised the mobilisers to use the vehicles for campaign purposes.

    The vehicles’ keys were distributed to zonal coordinators.

     

  • Lagos East: Osinowo inaugurates campaign committee 

    The senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Lagos East, Bayo Osinowo, has urged his campaign team and party members not to limit their campaigns to him. He called for a harmonised-campaign that will see party members intensifying campaign for all party candidates at all levels.

    Osinowo spoke at the inauguration of his campaign committee at plot 560, Ikorodu Road, a venue which will serve as his campaign office.

    The candidate noted that politics is a game of popular participation which requires the contributions of all party members to win the majority. He, therefore, urged party members to sensitise the electorate to vote for the party, saying that electioneering moment is a time to act “magnetically to win souls” and expand the support base of the party.

    Director-General of the campaign organisation Primate Charles Olugbesi urged his members not to leave any stone unturned, saying Osinowo’s victory remains the sole goal of their existence.

    Otunba Yetunde Arobieke is Head of Mobilisation; Tunde Braimoh (Media and Publicity); Abiodun Akhigbe (Logistics and Transport); Alhaja Ogbara Kafilat (Women Affairs) and Olulade (Youth and Student Affairs).

    Others are Ademorin Kuye (Head of Legal Affairs); Sesan Dada (Welfare Officer); Giwa Mosun (Finance); Princess Bola Bada (Ethnic Relations) and M.O Aiyekoro (Intelligence and Security).

  • I’m still in the race, says Osinowo

    LAGOS East senatorial aspirant Bayo Osinowo said yesterday that he remains in the race for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket.

    He spoke against the background of the statement of  the party’s national secretariat, which listed Senator Gbenga Ashafa as the only cleared aspirant in the constituency.

    Osinowo, a long-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, in a statement by his media adviser Ibrahim Ladega, said “We are aware of the news about clearance of aspirants. We have not been given any official information.

    “I can tell you categorically that there is no iota of truth in it. It is absolutely untrue. It is a mere propaganda from wherever it may have emanated from, but I can tell you Hon. Osinowo is very much in the race and he will participate in the primary.”.

    As at yesterday, the Senate primary had not been held in Lagos State.

     

     

     

  • Lagos lawmaker wants Senate seat after 16 years in state assembly

    Sikiru Osinowo, a four-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday, formally declared his intention to vie for the Lagos East Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Osinowo made the declaration at an event organised at CBD Event Centre, Shangisha, Lagos.

    According to Osinowo, the level of success he has achieved in the state Assembly has given him the boldness to declare his intention for the senate seat.

    “Permit me to say with all humility, with my sixteen years of experience in the state Assembly, I have acquired enough legislative experience to propel me for greater achievement in the senate,” he said.

    The aspirant said that he knows where the shoe pinches the constituents, and the people’s welfare and improved standard of living would remain his priority.

    He urged party members to register to vote in the upcoming direct party primaries.

    In his remarks, Mr Mudasiru Obasa, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, said that Osinowo was qualified to move higher to the Senate, having contributed greatly to legislative business at the state assembly.

    “The stability we enjoy today in the House is made possible by Honurable Osinowo,” he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the the event was attended by members of the Lagos State House of Assembly and other stalwarts in the APC.

    Others at the event included party faithful, traditional rulers, students and traders. (NAN)

  • Lagos East: Why Osinowo should be senator

    A socio-political group, the Lagos East Youth Alliance (LEYA), has urged the lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bayo Osinowo, to contest the Lagos East senatorial seat.

    The group said it was prepared to buy the senatorial nomination form for Osinowo, noting that he has given a good account of himself in Lagos as a ‘political torchbearer’.

    In a statement by its spokesperson, Bamidele Ahmed, after its quarterly meeting held at the weekend in Lagos, the group averred that the clarion call on the lawmaker was designed to raise the bar of representation in the National Assembly.

    The district, according to the group, deserves a better representation and a reliable mouthpiece like Osinowo who has been speaking for the downtrodden and relating with them.

    It added: “In politics, quality representation in a political assignment heralds more support for another task. To this end, we have x-rayed all potential candidates gunning to represent us in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly.

    “Thus, in the political voyage to get a befitting representation for the district, we have agreed to echo our support for an experienced lawmaker, who connects with the people and understands the nitty-gritty of good governance in establishing mechanisms that can accommodate the scope of all interests.

    “We hereby calling on all progressives in the district to join us in our plea, as the positive choice before us in the next general election is to drag the longest-serving lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Bayo Osinowo, to contest for the highly-coveted seat.”

    The group said it had started approaching notable traditional rulers, community leaders, and  religious leaders across the five local governments in the district to market its candidacy to the people.

  • Osinowo makes case for peace

    There could not have been a better time than now to organise an art exhibition that promotes peaceful coexistence among Nigerians.

    The partnership between IBEJI Foundation, Forum for Islamic Welfare and Education, and Halal Art Gallerieo is bringing forth such an appropriate and timely platform for the promotion of peace.

    And as part of its efforts at projecting Islamic advocacy for peaceful co-existence in the society through art, the three groups are organising a solo art exhibition by Ridwan Osinowo titled: Peace: the Sower and the Envoy.

    The exhibition, which will open on August 30 at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, will feature exclusively over 40 Islamic art works aimed at correcting erroneous notion that Islam promotes violence, as being seemingly propagated by insurgents.

    The exhibition which will run till September 6 will also witness an inter-faith forum that will feature clerics as guest speakers on the closing date. The forum is to engage speakers and audience from both Islam and Christianity and other concerned faithful.

    Guests expected at the opening include Deputy Governor of Lagos State Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule, Chairman, Bi-Courtney Mr. B.O.B. Babalakin and royal father of the occasion is Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad, among other notable members of Nigerian community as well as diplomats from various countries.

    Each of artwork on display symbolizes a seed of peace; the Sower is Almighty God while individual member of the society is the envoy that is expected to walk the noble course. Titles of the individual art pieces were mostly generated from verses of the Qur’an and sayings of Prophet Muhammad which form the foundation of Islam as a religion of peace. Majority of the works were rendered in beautiful Arabic calligraphy while the rest range from abstract and stylist paintings.

    Speaking at the preview session, CEO of IBEJI Foundation (Ismail  Bolaji Ebiti Jamaah in Islam)  Alhaji Rafiu Adisa Ebiti said arts in Nigeria is an emerging enterprise, which requires viable sponsors. He said there is need to do more in awareness creation for the arts to grow especially in its appreciation. He noted that the greatest way to save and invest in arts is to buy collectors’ item which appreciates with time.

    On the collaboration, he said: “We are partnering with the artist to show we have great art works around. There will be peace no peace in the face of crises. It is also to show that we can live together in spite of the religious differences. The theme of the exhibition is very appropriate at this time in the nation/s history.”

    One unique trait of the exhibition is the introduction of aluminium composite panel (ACP), HDF board, sublimation plate and sublimation printing technique with which Osinowo experimented to execute most of the art pieces. Osinowo richly used mirror gold, silver and bronze variants of ACP together with transparent Perspex and sublimation printing technique for rendition of Arabic calligraphy in both flat and three dimensional (3D) forms. Features a combination of these media in art exhibition is unprecedented in the history of Nigerian contemporary art. Among works for display include Messenger of peace, Peaceful coexistence, Togetherness and Selflessness.  

    Until now, the Yaba College of Technology trained artist has participated in several secular and Islamic exhibitions in Lagos, Abuja and Saudi Arabia. Many of his masterpieces adorn public places and private homes in Nigeria and abroad.