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In a statement issued on Thursday by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, the Government said the honour is in line with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s commitment to promote art and tourism and to celebrate iconic figures in politics, economics and culture sectors who have contributed to the image and development of Lagos State.

The Court, in a judgment in a suit with reference number FHC/L/CS/1098/07, filed by fishermen operating in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the State, held that the National Inland Waterways Authority lacked the Constitutional power to regulate inland waterways within the State, and thereby declared all licences granted the plaintiffs as null and void.

Briefing Government House Correspondents after the monthly Security Council Meeting chaired by the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and attended by Commanders of security formations operating in the State, the State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, said the State Government has also resolved to vigorously enforce the State Traffic Law prohibiting operation of commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders, in certain routes across the State.

The State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, had last year approved the construction of the DNA forensic lab as part of the criminal justice sector reforms designed to solve crime through technology and fulfil an unmet need for DNA profiling, which is a unique forensic technique that is now being used all over the world.