Describing the late Oluremi Oyo as a forthright journalist who practiced journalism driven by values and comported herself as a worthy role model in the profession throughout her life time, the Governor in a condolence Press Release signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Hakeem Bello, said she would be sorely missed by all
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The Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law of 2010, which created agencies, including LASURA, said the General Manager of the Authority had to be a Town Planner
The government said it has done nothing wrong by constructing the flats, which is part of the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme
This was just as Fashola commended the Lagos State Ministry of Health and all the health workers for their prompt response and professional conduct to ensure the prevention of the spread of the disease when a victim of the Ebola virus, who flew in from Liberia, died in a hospital in the state
According to the Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, none of the persons said to have come in contact with the late Liberian victim of the Ebola Virus Disease, Patrick Sawyer, has manifested unusual body temperature or any other symptom of the dreaded virus
The Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoja, and the State Head of Service, Josephine Williams, gave the advice in Lagos over the weekend at an interactive session with the schools managers in the state
During his visit last week Sunday, Fashola, who expressed dismay at the traffic gridlock created by the tankers, especially on Creek Road and other roads leading to both Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports, met with the leadership of the tanker drivers’ association and extracted a promise from them to create at least one lane to enable other road users in the area to access their homes and businesses
Fashola said: “The public education system is producing results.
“As I have mentioned before, out of about 14,000 schools in the state, only about 2,000 belong to the state government.
AFCO, which described Fashola’s comment as hypocritical, added that; “The major problem of our friends in the All Progressives Congress (APC) is hypocrisy and until they purge themselves, that hypocrisy will destroy their party
The programme, with the theme: “June 12 and Challenges of the Fourth Republic,” was organised by the state government in conjunction with June 12 Coalition of Democratic Formations
The new park, created on a land area of 17,195sq metres, has trees, playing ground, a multi-purpose hall, garden seats and lights, walkways and a parking lot
Fatai Olukoga, the Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Education, announced the reduction at a news conference in Ikeja
Fashola made the statement in Ikeja at the grand finale of the 2014 “Be Road Friendly Competition,” an initiative of the state government to promote road safety awareness among school children
Fashola gave the assurance when The New Lagos Movement, a group within the party, staged a protest to the Government House, Ikeja, against what they called the imposition of candidates in APC
Governor Fashola wished the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor long and fruitful reign as he assumed office as the 57th Emir and hoped that his emergence would further cement the long standing bond between the people of Kano and their brothers and sisters in Lagos and across the country with whom, he said, they have been living in peace and harmonious relationship
Fashola, who spoke at the Blueroof Hall at the LTV Complex, Agidingbi, before a gathering of many happy, appreciative and excited new home owners, added that the fund would also take care of outstanding contractors to ensure that work continues on all the sites
The governor said it was unfair for the group to continue to hold the girls captive for the agitation they knew nothing about and the demands which they could not meet
In the letter read by Nelson before submission to the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Lateef Ibirogba, who received them at the Lagos House, Ikeja on behalf of Fashola, the women expressed dismay at the apparent inaction of the Federal Government towards securing the release of the girls
In a 15-point communiqué after the meeting, the participants, who included the state Governor, Bbatunde Fashola; his deputy, Adejoke Orelope-Akinfulure; members of the National Assembly from Lagos State; the Speaker and members of the State House of Assembly; State Executive Council members; and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, also articulated the need to fast-track post election litigations in order not to fall victim of the time frame set by the new electoral laws to end all litigations arising from the elections
According to Fashola, the current security challenges demanded that the country adopted a new and different approach to address the problem