Browsing: Governor Akinwumi Ambode

The road users in interviews told the News Agency of Nigeria that pedestrians queued for hours in the past to use the overstretched lone foot bridge on the highway.

Sanni Okanlawan, Special Adviser to Governor Akinwumi Ambode on Food Security, made the disclosure at a Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the governor’s third year in office on Thursday in Ikeja.

This was against N96.7 billion recorded in the previous year, thereby accounting for 81 per cent of the total revenue of N141 billion generated in the quarter.

Mohammed said this at the Lagos State Tourism Summit 2018 with the theme: ‘Destination Lagos: Towards a Sustainable Tourism-Driven Economy’.

Akinyemi Ashade, the state Commissioner for Finance and Special Adviser to the Governor on Taxation and Revenue, said this at an interactive session with journalists in Alausa, Ikeja

Ambode expressed the appreciation at the 2nd Corps Marshal Sports Championship held inside the main bowl of the National Stadium in Abuja

Some residents of Otodo Gbame area of Ilado in Lekki, numbering about 33, had filed the contempt application against Governor Akinwunmi Ambode; the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem; Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Wasiu Anifowoshe; and the State’s Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, for allegedly flouting a ruling, which ordered parties to maintain status quo

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, accepted the hosting right during a courtesy call by the leadership of AMAA to his office in Lagos, where he also announced that the award event will hold at the National Arts Theatre, iganmu, Lagos

Williams gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at the Artistes’ Village in Lagos on Sunday

The governor said while answering questions at a Media Chat with Editors that the road was now the only one that had yet to be rehabilitated since it was built in 1967

The governor made this known when he joined the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to inspect the edifice at Iganmu, Lagos

The governor, who was on a courtesy visit to Nigerian Breweries Plc, said agriculture, which was once the mainstay of the nation’s economy, would only thrive when backward integration is encouraged by not just the government, but corporate organisations such as Nigerian Breweries has been doing through its sorghum and cassava value chains

Ambode said: “I want to assure the Chairman of the Organising Committee, the staff and everybody charged with the responsibility of organising the 2017 Access Bank/Lagos City Marathon that we will provide all the support they need

He said: “I am happy to note the harmonious labour relations that exist between the State government and all trade Unions in the Public service. This is due largely to the spirit of understanding, cooperation and mutual respect that is being nurtured and sustained through the vehicle of the State Public Service Joint Negotiating Council

Harping on the central theme of the retreat: “Good Governance in a Recession,” Ambode said the economic downturn was no respecter of tribe or religion, neither does it discriminate along political party lines, hence, every Nigerian was feeling the impact

Governor Ambode, who spoke at the launch of the programme, held at the Police College, Ikeja, said the target was to raise the literacy level in the State from 85 per cent to 100 per cent within the next three years

The statement said: “The Lagos State Governor served as the chairman Campaign Council constituted by the All Progressives Congress and his duty ended 24 hours before the election because no campaign was supposed to hold 24 hours to the election and having completed his assignment which included appearing with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Grand Rally in Edo State earlier in the month, Governor Ambode has no reason to return to Edo State on election day and for this sort of lie to have been peddled by a candidate who is supposed to be a pastor, is reckless and disgraceful

He said the conference, which was organized by the Federal Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, was a necessary and strategic decision that would enhance the prospects of diversifying the revenue generation channels of the country for the development and growth of national economy

However, some of the residents revealed that the road, which was designed to serve both as exit and entry ways to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, was poorly constructed by Jumbo Engineering Limited

He said there was great need for community leaders to assist security agencies to address the menace of cultism, kidnapping, miscreants, vandalism and hoodlums by providing timely information