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  • Sanwo-Olu appoints Giwa Moore as Senior Special Assistant 

    Sanwo-Olu appoints Giwa Moore as Senior Special Assistant 

    Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Giwa Moore as his new Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Technical and Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB).

    The Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board has the responsibility of overseeing the five technical colleges and other vocational centers spread over all the local government areas in the state.

    Moore will support Governor Sanwo-Olu’s vision to stimulate and encourage technical and vocational education not only as a basis for creating early technical awareness, but also to provide suitable orientation for further learning, entrepreneurship and create job opportunities.

    In a statement, it said: “With his extensive network, Moore has been facilitating greater support and initiatives for students and youths, thereby opening up the state to invaluable skills and resources that will enable it confront its development challenges more effectively. 

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    “For his numerous positive and exemplary endeavours, Moore has received many recognitions and awards. In 2017, He was the recipient of the Most Outstanding Student Award, Faculty of Social Science and was also the Best Graduating Student of the Department of Political Science, University of Abuja. On 14th December 2022, he was awarded as the Epe Division Youth Influencer Of The Year.

    “Moore is a graduate of the University of Abuja, Nigeria where he bagged a degree in Political Science. He also attended the Nigeria Institute Of Journalism, for his Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations And Advertising. He is presently writing his thesis for his Master’s Degree in Public Policy Analysis in University of Abuja.

    “Apart from managing and monitoring of the Technical Colleges that fall within the Formal Education setting, the board is also striving to formalize the informal sector. It has been assisting in the training and development of Artisans and Craftsmen that form the bulk of operators in the Informal sector.”

  • Imam tussle: Stakeholders seek Sanwo-Olu’s intervention

    Imam tussle: Stakeholders seek Sanwo-Olu’s intervention

    Stakeholders and concerned Muslims have called on the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to intervene in the Imam tussle in the Ikeja Central Mosque. They said the governor’s intervention was imperative to avert violence in the state capital following the alleged secret turbanning of an illegal person as Imam.

    Speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, the stakeholders and the Olowolagba Family of Ikeja, Lagos State protested the way and manner in which the alleged turbaning of one Kamorudeen of Ilo Family secretly took place last Friday.

    They expressed their displeasure over what they termed unlawful procedure in the appointment of an Imam.

    They explained that the position of the Imam of Ikeja had for long been rotated between the Balogun and Olowolagba families such that the immediate past Imam, the late Alhaji Tijjani Balogun was from the Balogun Family.

    Read Also: Effective tax system, panacea to corruption, says Sanwo-Olu

    According to the family, going by the age-long established procedure, the next person to be legally appointed as Tijani’s successor is Alhaji Afeez Ayinde Olowolagba who had worked for over 30 years in Ikeja and even served as the Deputy to the late Imam for over 16 years.

    Alhaji Olowolagba said: “I led all the prayers in the Mosque, including the Friday Jumuat, exclusively for three years while the late Alhaji Tijjani was down with old age weakness before his death.

    “It is therefore, a shocking, embarrassing and abuse of procedure, justice and norm in Islamic practice for the Ilo Family to bypass all established procedures and hurriedly turbaned another person.”

    A member of the family, Alhaja Rukayat Amoke, added they would not watch and injustice, and cheating to prevail.

    She called on the state government to intervene and ensure the right person,

    “We are appealing to the Lagos State Government to intervene to avoid bloodshed,” she said.

  • Effective tax system, panacea to corruption, says Sanwo-Olu

    Effective tax system, panacea to corruption, says Sanwo-Olu

    Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that an effective tax system would curb corruption in the public sector

    Sanwo-Olu, spoke on Thursday, April 25, in Lagos during a two-day House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption colloquium.

    The event, with the theme “Strong Will in Implementing Anti-Corruption Measures in the Public Sector, aimed at enhancing transparency, accountability and compliance in the public sector, brought together relevant agencies of government.

    In his goodwill message, Sanwo-Olu said that there was a need for a reorientation and concerted effort against the menace which corruption has become “if we, as a people, truly desire to make meaningful progress in our journey towards achieving significant improvement in all spheres of our national endeavours, particularly the economic and social well-being of our people.”

    The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said the time had come for concerned agencies to evolve an effective tax system that would place every citizen on the same pedestal.

    “I think the issue is that, with your taxes, it tells the system what you own, the income you made and the expenditure; that makes everything you have to be transparent to the authority and what is not in your books, is not yours.

    “What other nations have done was to fight corruption through their taxation system and we should examine that.

    Read Also:Sanwo-Olu to corps members: be change agents

    “We must encourage everybody to file taxes. You can file taxes and the government pays you back if you don’t have a threshold.

    “A good taxation system allows the government to know those that can assist.

    “Where we don’t have such a system, it becomes a problem.  How do you make an objective assessment of the citizens you need to help?

    “This will also subject everybody to the same standard.

    “We need to put the right policies in place that will encourage everybody to comply with taxation.

    “For example, if you get a flat in the UEA, you pay four percent of the sum to the government.  Do we do that here? So, we have to look at the whole system and see ways to contribute to our commonwealth and get taxes from our people.”

    Earlier, the convener of the event and chairman of the Committee on Anti-Corruption, Prince Kayode Akiolu, argued that corruption was a huge burden that could hinder national development, stressing that history has shown that no country could develop without eliminating graft.

    Akiolu said Nigeria has failed to reach its potential due to dishonest practices, stressing that the various agencies created to fight corruption should be rejigged and reactivated for optimal performance.

    “There is no argument on what must be done for Nigeria to thrive.

    “We need to bring corruption to its knees so that our country can rise to its full height to deliver on its incredible promise.

    “We need to remove the shackles of corruption from the feet of our beloved country so that it will no longer have to limp slowly and painfully towards the Nigeria of our dreams.”

  • Sanwo-Olu to corps members: be change agents

    Sanwo-Olu to corps members: be change agents

    Lagos State Goernor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on newly sworn-in corps members to be enterprising, be counted among good ambassadors and positive change agents of the nation.

    Sanwo-Olu made the call at the official opening and swearing-in of 2024 Batch A, Stream II orientation course at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Camp, Iyana-Ipaja, Age, Lagos.

    Sanwo-Olu was represented by Olugbenga Oyerinde, the Lagos State Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations.

    “Your journey of national service has begun, offering a chance to contribute meaningfully to the development of our beloved nation.

    “Remember the incredible legacy established by your predecessors. I urge you to emulate their commitment, patriotism and contribute your quota to the growth of our fatherland.

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    “Do not pay lip service to words of the oath of allegiance which you have sworn today, rather let it fuel your commitment to national development, unity and cohesion,” said the governor.

    He commended Mrs. Yetunde Baderinwa, the State Coordinator, NYSC Lagos, her team and other supporting agencies for successfully kick-starting the orientation programme.

    He pledged that the state would continue to provide an enabling environment for the scheme to discharge its duties and enable the corps members serve the nation diligently.

    Earlier, Baderinwa said a total of 4,450 corps members (1,785 males and 2,665 females) were posted to Lagos State for the service year, while some had been deployed to Ogun and Osun States respectively for the orientation programme.

  • Sanwo-Olu: we’ve fulfilled our promises

    Sanwo-Olu: we’ve fulfilled our promises

    • Free food for 500,000 households under Eko Cares
    • Medical Outreach next week
    • Governor praises Tinubu on economic measures

    Before a crowd of excited community leaders, workers and ordinary Lagosians, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said yesterday that he had fulfilled his promise to stand by the vulnerable amid the global economic hardship.

    “We have fulfilled the promises we made during the Media Chat in February – that we will not leave the vulnerable among us on their own – in health, transportation and education. We created 59 markets and turned them into Sunday markets. We promised that we will be selling food at 25% discount. That we have kept faith with. The medical outreach will start next week at the latest to give medical attention to a lot of our citizens who may not want to go to our hospitals. Medicines will be given and counsel will be given. You have continued to enjoy the 25% fares rebate on our ferry services. On our buses and on our trains,” the Governor said.

    “Today we will be launching an attempt to reach 500,000 households.  All we have done is a tip of the iceberg. Now the real deal is about to start,” Mr Sanwo-Olu said at the public presentation of Eko Cares, the umbrella of all the social interventions announced by the government. The event was held on the grounds of the Governor’s Office in Alausa, Ikeja. The objective, according to him, is to see that food will no longer be a challenge to the poor.

    He praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic measures and urged citizens to play their own part.

    Sanwo-Olu said: “You can see that the tides are turning. That is why we must commend the intervention of the President, who has been leading from the front.  He has been able to pass on grains to all the 36 states. We will be distributing ours to all of you. You can also see that Mr President has not sat back to fold his arms… to let us have a free flow of the issues that started this thing, which was the currency.

    “Now we have seen that there has been a rebound. We can see that the currency is now getting strengthened. Naira is becoming a currency that we are truly proud of now because it is taking its proper pride of place. Now we should ensure that all gari sellers, all beans sellers are not increasing prices just because dollar went up. Prices don’t have anything to do with dollar. Even diesel is coming down. We have no excuse again. We need to be our brother’s keeper.”

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    According to Governor Sanwo-Olu, the food items would be distributed through religious leaders, Community Development Associations, Trade Unions and grassroots organisations. He warned that they should not be hoarded. Besides, the governor said the Sunday Market initiative would continue.

    Members of the Special Dispensation Advisory Committee set up to advise the government on the initiatives were specially recognized by the Governor who asked them to stand up. They were praised for rendering their service pro bono.

    Agriculture Commisssioner Bisola Olusanya took the Governor on an inspection of the food items, displaying the contents of the food boxes.

    In his welcome address, Commissioner for Information Gbenga Omotoso commended Governor Sanwo-Olu for the initiatives, describing him “a leader who is bound by his words”.

    He noted that ‘Eko Cares’ is for the vulnerables, adding that Sanwo-Olu’s administration has touched the lives of every Lagosian.

    “ The launching of Eko Cares is a testimony that the administration will not leave poor to their own devices,”   Omotoso said.

  • Sanwo-Olu ‘to stop land encroachers’

    Sanwo-Olu ‘to stop land encroachers’

    Families of the late Aransi Lasisi, and the late John Durolaje as well as octogenarian, Michael Ayedun, have written to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, about a land encroachment case involving a top official and three families.

    Lasisi, Durolaye and 82 year-old Ayedun are land owners of Nos. 30, 32 and 34 at Ifelodun Street, Aluminum Village Dopemu, Agege, Lagos State.

    Spokesperson, son to one of them, Oluwaseyi Lasisi, said the encroacher have property in the street, but he erected shops covering the three families plots at the same address over four decades.

    He said: “To prevent crisis, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, was brought in and parties were asked to provide documents to substantiate claims but the encroacher could not provide any even after being served letter of invitation four times.

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    “Aftermath, demolition was carried out by the ministry for illegal erection of shops on peoples’ land on December 21, 2023. Therefore, the three owners advised by the ministry to erect a perimeter fence to prevent their property from further encroachment. 

    “Meanwhile, the encroacher marked the fence covering the three buildings with “Stop Work” to give people impression that it was from the government, but the ministry denied knowledge of it. Perhaps, a report was made to Alabo Police Station. Aftermath, the encroacher continued to bring in hoodlums to harass occupants,” Lasisi, said.

    He  appealed to Sanwo-Olu, the Police, the ministry, and others to intervene to forestall breakdown of law and order as the oppressor still sends hoodlums to harass residents of the houses in pursuant of his plan to rebuild the shops.

  • Lagos to unveil transport policy next month, says Sanwo-Olu

    Lagos to unveil transport policy next month, says Sanwo-Olu

    Lagos State Transport Policy will be unveiled next month, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said.

    The governor spoke yesterday at the annual roundtable and public launch of Global Transport Policy, a bilingual Magazine, in GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.

    The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Transportation Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said the policy would help drive the development of intermodal transportation for which the administration was irrevocably committed.

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    He said: “I am happy to announce that the Lagos State Transport Policy is now ready and will be unveiled in due course.

    “As a responsible government, our administration put it on itself to promote non-motorised means of transportation by first drafting the non-motorised transport policy and reintroducing the construction of walkways.”

  • Lagos to unveil Transport Policy next month, says Sanwo-Olu

    Lagos to unveil Transport Policy next month, says Sanwo-Olu

    Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the state Transport Policy will be unveiled next month.

    The governor spoke on Wednesday, April 24, at the annual roundtable and public launch of Global Transport Policy a bilingual Magazine, at the Marriot Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.

    The governor who was represented by the commissioner for transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said the policy will help drive the development of intermodal transportation for which the administration is irrevocably committed.

    He said: “I am happy to announce that the Lagos State Transport Policy is not ready and will be unveiled in due course.

    “As a responsible government, our administration put it on itself to promote non-motorised means of transportation by first drafting the non-motorised transport policy and reintroducing the construction of walkways.”

    As the nation’s commercial hub, the transport policy, according to the governor, will help drive the overall development of the sector and the connectivity of the interconnectivity of the various modes of transportation.

    Speaking of the interventions of the government in the last five years, the governor said under the THEMES+ Agenda of the administration, transportation and traffic management are prioritised making room for an integrated intermodal system of transportation that makes connectivity of all modes of transport intervention in the state such as rail, waterways and road which is the most basic form of transport system available to residents of the state.

    He said the government has invested massively in multi-modality transportation initiatives which have seen the delivery of the Blue Line Train, which commenced commercial operation in September 2023 and has carried over one million passengers to date, while the Red Line which is to service the western part of the state has since been commissioned.

    Sanwo-Olu who disclosed that the Lagos State waterways now account for 54,000 passengers daily, said the government has continued to invest in the waterways, adding that the government currently has 21 boats working on the waterways in addition to 25 more that are going to shortly be commissioned even as the government continues to deliver functional jetties and ferry terminals while government will continue to drive road development by reflecting its bus rapid transit and such other initiative deployed to service the road system.

    In his welcome address, the Chairman/Consultant of Global Transport Policy, Oluwaseun Musa said the seamless interconnectivity of transport networks fosters trade, spurs investments, and promotes the exchange of knowledge and expertise.

    Addressing the theme of the conference, which is transport infrastructure and strategic policy I intervention, building blocks for economic growth, Musa said the government’s first building block is the establishment of a comprehensive, multimodal transport system that enhances connectivity within and beyond our borders, stretching to neighbouring countries to further amplify the benefit of Africa. Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to boost intra-Africa trade.

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    In his goodwill message, the President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIOTA), Prince Olusegun Obayendo, called for the professionalism of the sector and to take ownership of the sector to shape the future of transportation.

    Added to this, Obayendo said is the absence of national transport policy to help deepen and drive initiatives that would help grow the transport sector.

    He said CIOTA will continue to support initiatives aimed at deepening the sector and professionalising it as it remained the only way to see the development of the sector and improve Nigeria.

    The highlight of the conference was the unveiling of the Global Transport Policy, a bilingual specialised Magazine to contribute to the deepening of knowledge on transportation.

  • Ounje Eko market to continue till further notice, says Sanwo-Olu

    Ounje Eko market to continue till further notice, says Sanwo-Olu

    The Ounje Eko market initiative of the Lagos state government where foodstuff is sold at a 25 percent discounted price will continue until further notice, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said yesterday.

    Sanwo-Olu stated this at the official launch of the Eko Cares initiative, a comprehensive response of the government to the temporary hardship occasioned by the global economic crises.

    Read Also: Sanwo-Olu unveils Eko Cares Wednesday

    The governor, during a media chat in February, listed some palliative measures to be adopted to ease the economic burden on residents.

    The initiative is supervised by a Special Dispensation Advisory Committee on Social Interventions (SPEDAC), an 11-man non-partisan body.

  • Oto-Awori boss seeks support for Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu

    Oto-Awori boss seeks support for Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu

    To assuage the effects of high prices and shortage of food in the markets, Chairman of Oto Awori Local Council Development Area (LCDA),  Prince Musibau Asafa, distributed another set of food stuffs to the residents.

    Asafa carried out this gesture at the second edition of the Food Support program held recently at the council secretariat where another set of 500 people received food stuffs like rice, beans, garri and semovita, among others.

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    Prince Asafa said: “Since the removal of fuel subsidy last year, every level of government has been providing food support to reduce the hardship of the high price of food on the people. My government since then has engaged in series of palliatives to mitigate the effect of this subsidy removal and our first edition of the food palliative has about 3,000 residents benefited”

    He said he had also disbursed N20,000 as cash palliative to 1000 residents on two occasions as a way of lending succour to those in need.

    The council boss urged the people not to relent in supporting and praying for leaders at the helms of affairs especially President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu so that they will continue to render quality leadership.

    A beneficiary, Oya Kazeem,  eulogised the Asafa for his continuous provision of palliative to the residents and prayed for him.