Fashola, however, appealed to Nigerians to remain calm over the development, stressing the need for them to shun anything that could breach the peace
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This was even as the Commission revealed that as at January 31, it had recorded 42.7 million PVC distribution, which represents 65 per cent national average
Speaking at a programme to commemorate 2,800 days of his administration in office in Ikeja, Fashola said his administration had put in place structures to ensure the completion of the two projects by the next government
Titled: “A Law to Consolidate All Laws Relating to Registration of Land in Lagos State,” it seeks, according to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye, “to enable Lagosians have easy access to register their proprietary interest in land seamlessly”
In saner climes, the admission by no less a person than the nation’s number one citizen would be greeted with sober reflection that will galvanize the entire nation into a solution seeking mode particular to figure out what went wrong and also decide how to end the circle of failure
Speaking at the event, Fashola described the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Jimi Agbaje, as lacking governance skills
“Once the refinery in Lekki is built, we will move all the tank farms out to a world class petrochemical plant that I have designed for you
Fashola said enough provisions had been made in the state’s budget for 2015 to clear the arrears, pointing out that much of the indebtedness accrued from the old scheme
According to him, the Lagos economy was not built to rely on earnings from any extractive resource
A notice attributed to INEC Lagos, pasted at the polling unit read: “We regret to inform you that those who registered in this polling unit do not have permanent voter cards
“We are extremely excited to announce the confirming of these exemplary African leaders,” said Mohamed Diaby, from Abidjan, who is a member of the Central Working Committee for the awards. “They typify the theme for this year’s event, a call to action for Africa’s now generation to take charge and transform the continent. We are counting the days to the continent’s exclusive evening of inspiration”
Governor Fashola, who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja while receiving in audience the National Chairman of the United Progressives Party, Chief Chekwas Okorie, and some members of his National Executive Committee, stated that there was the need for the nation’s politicians to create a robust partisan atmosphere where values and ethics could still reign supreme
The governor, who spoke at the Conference Room of the Lagos House, Ikeja, where he received the report from the five-man tribunal led by the Chairman, Prof. Idowu Shobowale, said that aggrieved people must think of platforms which would not, in the end, hurt them or the people who, ordinarily, would be their sympathisers
The governor, who spoke in an interview with newsmen after inspecting some of the facilities at the Ward alongside the Commissioners for Health, Dr. Jide Idris; Special Duties, Dr. Wale Ahmed; and the Special Adviser on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, added that he was also there to see the environment in which the health workers handling the situation were working and the level of preparation that they have and their level of protection
Fielding questions from newsmen after the inspection, Governor Fashola said the current practice whereby residents pour their waste water into drains from where they find their way into lagoons and other wetlands only help to pollute the environment and underground water from which water are being extracted in boreholes
The equipments which include a ford ranger XLT pick-up van, laboratory and clinical equipments was presented to the State government by the Chief Executive Officer of APIN, Dr. Prosper Okonkwo as part of APIN efforts geared towards reducing the incidence of AIDS and increasing access to HIV treatment in the State
The sponsor, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, as well as the President, Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, Wahid Oshodi, will also watch the finals of all the doubles’ events
The approval was given at the plenary, following a request by the governor via a letter addressed to the Speaker, Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji
Any form of governance without a human face is undemocratic and tyrannical. The destitutes were brought to that level of privation by the gargantuan sleaze in the system and unmitigable frittering of our commonwealth for almost half a century
The Chairman of Lagos State FA, Seyi Akinwunmi, expressed gratitude to the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, and the Commissioner for Sports, Waheed Enitan Oshodi, for bringing the Federation Cup finals to the state for the third time