Tag: Ambode
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2019: Otedola drums support for Ambode, predicts Lagos will become Africa’s third largest economy
Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola on Sunday predicted that Lagos will become the third largest economy in Africa by the end of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s tenure. He said given the governor’s stellar performance, the state would move up from its current fifth position. Otedola canvassed support for Ambode’s second term so as to continue with the…
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Ambode signs N1.046t Y2018 budget into law
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of the State into law, with a total budget size of N1,046,121,181,680.00. The total budget size comprises of N347,038,938,872.00 to be funded from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and N699,082,242,808.00 from the Development Fund for both capital and recurrent expenditure for the year…
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Ambode pays land use charge at GTB, bars cash collection from March 1
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday directed that all taxes and levies due to the state government should now be paid through the banks and online banking platforms from March 1. Ambode gave the directive shortly after paying his personal Land Use Charge at the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) in Opebi area of…
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Lagos APC Reps endorse Ambode for second term
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives from Lagos State on Saturday endorsed Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term in office. The APC caucus in the House, led by the Majority Leader, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, presented a letter to the governor at the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, asking…
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SERAP urges Ambode to reverse increase in Lekki toll charges
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to immediately reverse the increase in Lekki toll gate charges. SERAP’s Executive Director, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni, made the request in a statement on Sunday. “The authorities should respect and protect the right of protesters to demonstrate against the hike in…
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Ambode swears in new cabinet members, says ‘I demand nothing but the best’
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday swore in new members of his cabinet, demanding from them `nothing but the best`. “Given the cosmopolitan nature of our state and the peculiar challenges of a megacity, we cannot afford to rely on the status quo approach to providing solution to new and emerging issues. “As…
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[Video] Ambode orders final demolition of Oshodi market
There was pandemonium in Lagos on Monday as bulldozers belonging to the Lagos State Government stormed the popular Oshodi market in what appears like a final demolition of the shops and stalls. Recall, that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode himself had early last year led the first phase of the demolition exercise in Oshodi. Likewise, the immediate…
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Ambode, Amosun, Dangote others attend late Deji Tinubu’s burial
The remains of Deji Tinubu, Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Commerce and Industry was buried on Tuesday at the Vaults and Gardens, Ikoyi, Lagos. Recall that Tinubu slumped and died last Thursday while playing a novelty football match in Epe, during the retreat of the Lagos State Executive Council. Earlier,…
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Ambode adding to hardships of Lagosians with proposed Lekki-Epe Toll increment – PDP
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned plans to increase the toll charged on the Lekki-Epe and Ikoyi link roads. Recall that the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) had in a statement released over the weekend said the new toll takes effect from February 1, 2018. But the chairman of the…