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Kosofe LGA Chairman marks 3 years in office, Commissions projects and Launches new ones

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  Barr. Moyosore Adedoyin OGUNLEWE The Local Government Administration in Lagos has clocked 3 years after inauguration on July 25th, 2021. Kosofe LG under the chairmanship of Moyo Ogunlewe marks it's 3-year administration for five days, showcasing laudable achievements by commissioning roads,boreholes,school,electrification project(transformers) e.t.c Kick-starting the eventful week, The chairman had a media briefing on monday 22nd July, hinting about the programmes of event and also reeling out his achievements to the media outfits that graced the occasion. The event followed with commissioning of borehole projects in all the 7 wards that made up the LGA.  Borehole Project Commissioning at Ward "F" Ojota Furthermore, 8 Transformers were distributed on wednesday 24th July amongst the wards through the CDAs,in which the beneficiaries were Millenium Estate CDA(Ifako/Gbagada), Oluwaseun CDA(Oworonsoki), Odunfa CDA(Oworonsoki) and so on. Donation of Transformers to the CDAs T...

Seun Salami receives car gift and monthly salary from Kosofe LGA for doing nothing

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Seun Salami  With the ongoing brouhaha that is happening on different kosofe whatsapp platforms, involving Seun salami, Ibrahim Adisa Mustapha and Ganiyu Olamiji Oyebanjo, It is becoming messier by the day with series of allegations and counter-allegations,in which the latest is that Ganiyu Olamiji Oyebanjo alleged that seun salami received a car gift from the chairman and that he is equally placed on monthly salary. One tends to believe the story because the whistle blower was formerly in their camp. Ganiyu Olamiji Oyebanjo According their comments on Kosofe Voice Whatsapp Platform, Ganiyu unequivocally submitted that the allegation is true, which seun salami then refuted. As a concerned kosofe citizen, MOSCHINOBLOG sent a whatsapp message to the council chairman, in which he responded saying "Not True". Who is lying? Is the allegation true or not? if it is true, why such gesture from the chairman without ulterior motive? if it is not true, why will ganiyu oyebanjo cooked up...

Hamzat Aliu gaining momentum in ward b oworonsoki councillorship race

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  Hamzat Aliu is a true son of the soil in oworonsoki community, owing to his veritable background and unassailable achievement in community development. See biography here👉 https://moschinoblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-biography-of-hamzat-aliu-ward-b.html He is a respectable man in the community, known for his passion for soccer game, in which he has organized series of football tournaments in oworonsoki, with winners receiving mouth-watering prize money for their efforts in the tournaments. In his leisure time, he is also endearing to the social life in oworonsoki, involving in some entertainment shows at papa oworonsoki field, one of which is the mondays dj show . Furthermore, Aliu is also geared towards humanitarian services for his beloved community,which made him partner with some NGOs to bring succour to the needy in Oworonsoki. The event that recently took place at papa oworonsoki field, involved sharing of clothing items and other valuable household essentials to people t...

Vawulence at Kosofe LGA: Ibrahim Mustapha, Seun Salami at loggerheads with Ganiyu Olamiji Oyebanjo

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  There is a bad blood brewing from the camp of Seun Salami, Ibrahim Mustapha towards Ganiyu Olamiji Oyebanjo popularly known as GOCO, the estranged special adviser on boundary matters to kosofe LG chairman, though the genesis of the brouhaha is yet unkown. In a write-up from seun salami today, he reiterated that ganiyu oyebanjo is hiding from the reach of Area "H" command, Ogudu,citing that the police is looking for him. The reason why the police is allegedly looking for ganiyu oyebanjo wasn't revealed by the author of the write-up, which he tagged "GANIU OYEBANJO: A DEFINITION OF A SOUR WINE IN A GOLDEN APC KOSOFE BOTTLE".  Seun Salami The allegation against Ganiyu Oyebanjo is that he allegedly denigrates the office of the kosofe LG chairman, who happens to be his boss. Although the motive for the alleged insurbodination cannot be confirmed as at now.  Ganiyu Olamiji Oyebanjo Ganiyu Olamiji Oyebanjo has responded to seun salami's write-up, hinting that the...

Wole Soyinka @90, President Tinubu Names National Theatre After him

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  Professor Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka was born into a Yoruba  family in Abeokuta , Nigeria  on July 13,1934. He was the 2nd born in the family of 7.  In 1954, he attended  Government College, Ibadan   and subsequently  University College Ibadan  and the  University of Leeds   in England.   After studying in Nigeria and the UK, he worked with the  Royal Court Theatre   in London. He went on to write plays that were produced in both countries, in theatres and on radio. He took an active role in Nigeria's political history and its campaign for independence from  British colonial rule . In 1965, he seized the Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service studio and broadcast a demand for the cancellation of the Western Nigeria Regional Elections.   In 1967, during the  Nigerian Civil War , he was arrested by the federal government of GeneralYakubu Gowon   and put in  solitary aconfinement   for t...

FG gives Local Government 90days to link their accounts to TSA For Direct Payment of Allocation Funds

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  The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi(SAN) has directed that the Local Government should create a new bank accounts or link their existing accounts to TSA within 90days to facilitate direct payment of their allocation funds, owing to the supreme court verdict on financial autonomy of the LGAs. President Tinubu was pleased with the judgement of the supreme court,labelling it as "victory for the 3rd-tier government", stressing that the financial autonomy of the LGAs will bring new lease of life to them and makes them vibrant again,as it is the closest government to the grassroot. The court verdict delivered by justice emmanuel agim, on friday, also reiterated that the governors cannot sack democratically-elected council chairmen as such act will amount to abuse of the 1999 constitution as amended. The Nigerian Governors Forum(NGF) has equally welcomed the verdict and promised to abide by it. It is worthy of note that caretaker committe...

Kosofe LG Chairman to construct 11 additional roads,Oworonsoki and ifako tops the list

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  The Executive Chairman of Kosofe LG is set to construct 11 additional roads within his jurisdition,in which streets in oworonsoki and ifako are said to frequent more on the list, owing to the dilapidated nature of the roads.  This was made known through a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman, Oluwole Obisanya-Labia and a whatsapp message was sent to him to inquire about the names of the streets involved and he promptly responded that the constituents should be patient as it will be revealed when the time comes. The Chairman has reportedly rehabilitated 36 roads since the inception of his administration and he seems to be enjoying the goodwill of kosofe people, which makes him technically, a consensus APC candidate for next year's council election, as his administration will clock 3years on July 25th. Will he emerged as chairman for 2nd tenure? I guess only time will tell MOSCHINOBLOG wishes him "Best of Luck"

Supreme court grant financial autonomy to LGs,brands state governors as "dangerous specie"

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Justice Emmanuel Agim of the Supreme Court of Nigeria read the judgement verdict of the suit filed by the FG against the State governors, seeking financial autonomy for all the 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria. His Lordship granted the local government areas, the desired financial autonomy and they will receive receiving direct allocation from RFMAC. The Lead judge also submitted that these funds is solely meant for democratically-elected LGAs Administration and that caretaker committee institituted by a state governor cannot access this allocation. Furthermore, The judge branded the state governors as "dangerous specie" that endangers the existence of the LGAs, starving them funds to drive developmental projects, emphasizing that it's unconstitutional for governors to hold LGAs fund. He also said that as LGAs will be receiving their allocation directly from the source to enhance infrastructural developments at the grassroot level. As this verdict comes into implemen...

Dudu's third coming as Ikosi-Isheri Chairmanship Aspirant

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Hon. Adetunji Adebajo a.k.a Dudu is a well-known political figure in ikosi-isheri LCDA. He ventured into active politics in 2003 when he contested for the Kosofe Constituency 2, House of Assembly seat under National Conscience Party(NCP). He has unsuccessfully vied for the chairmanship seat on 2 occasions under APC and this time makes it his 3rd shot at the most-coveted grassroot position. He will be slugging it out with the incumbent chairman, Mayoress Samiat Abolanle Bada, whose tenure is marred with controversies, one of which is an argument about her eligible to contest again, since she replaced the late chairman, Alhaji Fatai Ayodele Oyesanya a.k.a Oyesco in 2020. He will also be squaring up with a popular grassroot politician, who is based in The Netherlands, Hon. Bidemi Akintunde a.k.a Stainless. The beauty of the contest is that dudu and stainless belongs to the category of the youths, which made up of 60% of the party. Can this 3rd coming translate into a reality for dudu? Can...

Could this be the end of time for Hon. Femi Oyesile, The Ward C Councillor?

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Hon. Femi Oyesile was elected and later inaugurated to the legislative arm of Kosofe LG on July 25, 2021 under the ruling party,APC. He emerged unscathed from the party primaries that have the likes of  Hon. Olawale Rasak Olalekan a.k.a ORO, Ismail Olusegun Apena, Itunu Ogunleye and so on. Since he assumed office 3years ago, the ifako/gbagada residents seems not to be happy with his representation as he's reported to be so distant from his people with no verifiable project to his credit. As we're approaching another LGA election cycle which is coming up next year, parties will be gearing up to field elegible candidates for chairmanship and councillorship positions. In Ward C, Hon. Olawale Rasak Olalekan a.k.a ORO has indicated interest to wrestle power from the Incumbent Councillor. He's the special adviser on media and publicity to the Honourable member of House of Reps, Kosofe Federal Constituency, Alhaja Kafilat Adetola Ogbara. He has a wealth of experience on grassroot ...