Ikorodu Division Youth Voice

Ikorodu Division Apex Leaders All Progressive Congress (APC) OPEN LETTER ON YOUTH INCLUSION IN GOVERNANCE We like to begin by congratulating all elected APC Candidates across all levels of government on their electoral victory in the 2023 general elections, the resounding victory recorded in all the polls validates your leadership acumen cum dexterity. It is without doubt that the last few months of campaign have come with inevitable challenges. Nonetheless, we commend you all for the good work you have done as well as the phenomenal innovations you introduced  during the course of the electioneering process even in the face of adversity. Your successes at the polls are well deserved. However, we urge all our  elected officials on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu division to see their victory at the polls as a call to an important  duty and a rare opportunity to serve the people for the progress and development of Ikorodu. There is no option ...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has renewed the appointment of the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa for a second term in office. The notice of her reappointment was contained in a letter written by the President to the Senate requesting the Upper Chamber to confirm her reappointment. The letter dated April 26 was addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter requesting the confirmation of Dabiri-Erewa’s reappointment. Buhari also requested the Senate to confirm the appointment of six federal commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to fill the existing vacancies in the states. Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa was first appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 as the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora. In November 2018, Dabi...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has slammed a fine of N5 million on Channels TV for breaking the broadcasting code in an interview programme with Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate. The fine was revealed in a letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of the television station and dated March 27. The letter was exclusively obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. The letter, with the title: “Broadcast of an Inciting Interview, A Sanction”, was signed by Balarabe Ilelah, the commission’s Director-General. It read in part:” The NBC monitored the broadcast of a live interview of the running mate of the Labour Party Vice presidential candidate, Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed, by the anchor of Politics Today, Seun Okinbaloye, on Wednesday, March 22. “Dr Baba-Ahmed said it will be unconstitutional to swear in an elected president on May 29, 2023, because of election irregularities,” Ilelah said in the letter. He ...

The Samson Bisiriyu Campaign Organization (SABCO Igbega Ikorodu Movement) has congratulated candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC) that emerged victorious in the recently conducted Presidential/National assembly and Governorship/HOA polls in the Ikorodu division of Lagos state. In a congratulatory message on Sunday, the convener of the group, Comrade Samson Bisiriyu said the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves every commendation, and wished that his victory with that of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Senator Tokunbo Abiru of Lagos East Senatorial District, and Hon. Babajimi Benson MHR of Ikorodu Federal Constituency at the center will bring succor to the people of Ikorodu division. The group also urged elected candidates under the APC to see their victory as a 'call to duty', noting that they should do everything possible for the people not to regret voting en masse for them. He said: “We wish to begin with congratulating the Pres...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has directed all markets women and men in the state to accept old naira notes henceforth. In the same vein, the Governor also directed revenue agents of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, in the state to accept the old and new naira notes. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's directive was predicated on the order of the Supreme Court stamping the old naira notes as legal tender till 31st December, 2023. A statement personally signed by the Governor reads: "My dear Lagosians, I have noted the difficulties that you have been having over the naira redesign crisis. I feel your pains. Kindly note that commercial banks have been directed to accept the old N500 and N1,000 notes as deposits and pay them out for withdrawals. Putting the needs of our residents above all, we successfully got a Supreme Court verdict which extends the validity of the existing Naira notes till Dec 31st, 2023.  The CBN at a Bankers Committee meeting y...

As the quest for the occupation of Lagos number 1 office heightens, Ikorodu Youths under the auspices of Igbega Ikorodu Youth has expressed the need for Lagosians to return incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu back in office. In a statement signed by the group President, Comrade Ayorinde Bisiriyu, the group advises Lagosians to put the Greatness of the state first by reelecting the duo, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Kadri Hamzat back in office. Comrade Bisiriyu said the teeming Youth in Lagos would not prevent any candidate vying for the governorship position from testing their strength at the election. The executive members of the group has thrown their weight behind Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, to run the affairs of the state for another term of four years. “We have a brilliant governor at the helm of affairs, who is supported by his deputy to build an unbreakable team that has raised the bar of excellence in...

A Grade Level 13 officer with the Lagos State University(LASU) Ojo, Mr Ademola Adesola has reportedly slumped and died while queuing in a bank within the university to withdraw N5,000 of new notes as officially pegs by the bank for an individual account holder. The Head of the Publicity and Public Relations Unit of the university, Mr Jeariogbe Olaniyi, confirmed the incident to the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, describing the development as very unfortunate. According to him, the late Adesola drove himself to the school in the morning and something around 11.30 am, he left the office for the bank to collect money from his account while waiting, he slumped and died in the process. He said the deceased spent only about 30 minutes or thereabouts in the queue and not several hours as reported by some online media platforms when he suddenly collapsed and could not be revived. He said he was rushed to the university clinic for attention but all efforts to revive him back to life p...

Aspirants for Lagos State House of Assembly on wednesday stormed the Sabo market in Ikorodu Local Government where they were well received by the market men and women. The Coordinator of the Directorate, Hon. Adeyinka Odukoya said the idea is to woo more voters into the fold of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwoolu in the February 25th and March 11, 2023 elections. “We have pledged to entice over 2,000,000 votes for Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu in the 2023 election in the Ikorodu local government area of our dear state and Lagos at large and if we really want to execute that project we have to go to the people that matter and we know that markets are places where we can find people from different walks of life irrespective of religion and ethnic background.  "When we take the message to the market, we are speaking with all Nigerians. We have planned to storm all major markets across the state, hence, our visit to Sabo market in Ikorodu today to tell the market men and women a...

In what appears as a succor to Nigerians and hindering all forms of ways to plung the country into a financial crisis, the Nigerian  President, Muhammadu Buhari has today extended the validity of old naira notes till April 10.

The Lagos State Government wishes to put on record the patience and calmness of Lagosians following the controversy generated by the Naira shortage crisis.   The State Government has joined the dispute at the Supreme Court, which today adjourned the hearing of the matter till February 22. When the matter first came up on February 8, the apex court said the old notes remained legal tender.  That position has not changed. The State Government hereby warns those rejecting the old notes to desist from doing so or face prosecution. It is against the law to reject the old notes as doing so is contrary to the position of the Supreme Court.  Governor Sanwo-Olu urges Lagosians to remain law-abiding and shun mischief makers who may exploit this temporary situation to promote their anti-people agenda. He is confident that the Judiciary will resolve all the issues around the currency shortage crisis.   To cushion the effect of the Central Bank of Nigeria (C...

With the scarcity of new Naira notes and fuel unabated in many parts of the country, All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has once again appealled to Nigerians to remain calm as the government and relevant agencies continue to work out solutions. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Asiwaju Tinubu  said he sympathises with the people especially the downtrodden who have been made to bear the brunt of the new naira policy by the Central Bank and irregular supply of petrol that have combined to inflict avoidable pains on the masses. He commends the NNPC Limited for the fuel supply relief being enjoyed in the Federal Capital Territory and urges the company  to step up its act to bring relief round the country. He also urges the CBN not to be dogmatic in the deadline it has fixed for the transition from old Naira notes to the new one, especially as the unintended consequence of the policy has been massive pain on our people.  The for...

Comrade Samson Bisiriyu has just been reappointed as a Board Member of the Ikorodu Division Human Resources Development Board (IDHRDB). The appointment which was announced on Monday, January 30th, 2023 by the General Secretary, Sir Otunba Wole Odulate appears to be another medal in the shelve of Comrade Samson who is passionate about the development of Ikorodu division.  Some of the Board's terms of reference as stated in the appointment letter includes but not limited to; I. To develop policies and strategies to attract support for infrastructural developments in schools as well as advise on any deficiencies. II. To seek for relevant information and accordingly advise Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG) in actualization of it's Vision and Mission for educational development in Ikorodu Division. Reacting to his reappointment, Comrade Samson Bisiriyu expressed his gratitude to the entire leadership of the Group who found him worthy to occupy such an exalted offic...

The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Public Private Partnerships, today announced Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG CONSORTIUM as the preferred bidder for the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge project. Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Private Partnerships, Mr. Ope George, who disclosed this during a briefing at the PPP Office in Ikeja, said the Fourth Mainland Bridge (4MB) Project, which is a proposed Public Private Partnership (PPP) transport infrastructure development, will comprise of the construction and operation of a greenfield tolled road and bridge with a design speed of 120km/h, including the development of adjacent real estates.  He added that the Bridge, when completed, would become the second longest in Africa with three toll plazas, nine interchanges, a 4.5km Lagoon Bridge and an eco-friendly environment. It is also expected to span about 37kilometres, starting from Abraham Adesanya in Ajah, on the Eti-Osa-Lekki-Epe corridor and traverse the North West ...

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Center For Posterity NG and Igbega Ikorodu held a sensitization programme on the need for electorates to get their PVCs in preparation against the elections. The programme which was tagged; "My PVC and 2023 Elections" had the Electoral Officer(E.O), Independent National Electoral Commission, ( INEC), Ikorodu local government, Mrs. Ayeleso Olutoyin and her deputy, Mr. Johnson In attendance. They tasked electorates in Lagos state, especially registered voters in Ikorodu to come out en masse to take advantage of the current collection of Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) nationwide to equip themselves ahead of next year’s elections. Mrs. Olutoyin said all efforts have been put in place for the process of collection to be seamless. Below is the conversation between the moderators of the program and the INEC's E.O as collated by I.D.Y.V Correspondent who monitored the programme:   What is the situation...

The Centre for Posterity NG has lamented the alarming number of uncollected Voter’s Cards at Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ikorodu. The group said that more than 10,000 PVCs were yet to be collected by their respective owners in Ikorodu, Lagos. The Convener of CPNg, Honourable Samson Bisiriyu made the disclosure at an event in Lagos recently. He said the sensitization and mobilization of Ikorodu residents to collect their voters’ card would be tagged; “Operation pickup your PVC". He lamented that without voters card people have no business with 2023 general elections while urging the residents to come onboard by taking advantage opened to them via the platform of Centre for Posterity NG to get their PVCs in a seamless way in order to be eligible to vote in the 2023 general election. “It is of prime importance to note that without a voters’ card, you are a docile follower and a threat to our democracy. Let us see it as a patriotic, national obligation a...

The Lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdul-Sobur Olayiwola Olawale popularly known as Omititi is dead. He was said to have slumped and died at the presidential campaign flag-off of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) held today at the Rawang Pam Township Stadium in Jos, Plateau State.

Doyin Ojora, wife of Tayo Ayinde, Chief of Staff to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is dead. Doyin reportedly died in the early hours of Sunday, 13 November, 2022 in Lagos.   Details of her death were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said 65,699 uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) were destroyed by hoodlums who attacked two of its offices in Ogun and Osun states. According to Chairman, INEC Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, 904 ballot boxes, 29 voting cubicles, 30 megaphones, 57 election bags, and eight electric power generators were also destroyed by the unscrupulous elements. The attacks occurred separately at the commission’s offices in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State and the Ede South Local Government Area Of Osun State. Okoye, in a statement, said both incidents occurred in the early hours of Thursday, noting that while the entire building of its Abeokuta office was set ablaze, a portion of its Ede office was burnt. The INEC National Commissioner said security agencies have been alerted and investigation had commenced into the worrisome attacks. “With just 106 days to the 202...

As modern democracy is defined as government of the people by the people for the people, choosing leaders by election or selection is imperative. In choosing those leaders, there is need for decorum and identification of ideas and philosophies so that there will be a team working for same purpose unlike what an all-comer system would offer. It is the aggregation of ideas and philosophies that gave birth to party politics. In the United Kingdom, after the civil war, political agitation centered on the role and status of the hereditary monarchy dividing the political class into *whigs* and *torries* (rather derogatory terms) according to the degree of influence and role they wanted for the monarch which itself had religious undertone as between the catholics and the anglicans. In the US, the dominant political elites were splitted into two in the debate for whether there should be a central bank and how much power should the centre (federal) have, hence, they had the *democra...

COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MAIDEN ONLINE WEBINAR OF IGBEGA IKORODU HELD ON THURSDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2022 The Igbega Ikorodu Online Webinar titled; Ikorodu Division Evaluation of Socio-Political Development: 10 Years Assessment had several seasoned speakers who are vast in the historical and contemporary events of Ikorodu in attendance to inform the public and attendees of the programme about the happenings in Ikorodu as a division in Lagos State.  The programme which was educative, explosive and informative had the following resolutions: 1. The effects of population explosion/growth in the last 10years in Ikorodu has made developments to be more difficult to implement. 2. Social developments and infrastructures such as the establishment of  community radios and upgrade of some public schools have made properties in Ikorodu to appreciate in the last 10 years. 3. There has been high record of drug addiction, cultism and hooliganism amongst young peop...