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Fashola hosts Senate Committee on Education, pledges commitment to qualitative education

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday expressed the commitment of his administration to quality education in the State saying that although investments in the sector does not manifest immediately, the values are enduring.

Governor Fashola, who spoke at the Lagos House while playing host to the Senate Committee on Education led by its Chairman, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, said as a mark of this commitment, one of the recent policies that the State Government has implemented, is aimed at raising the quality of education in the State’s public schools.… Read the rest

Fashola hailed on security initiative

July 18, 2012

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has been given the thumbs up for tackling security challenges.

Addressing reporters over the weekend, Chairman Mainland Independent Group (MIG) Mr Kayode Aransiola acknowledged the people-oriented projects executed by Fashola.

Aransiola called on other governors to emulate the Action Congress of Nigeria led-government of Lagos State.

He said: “Gov Fashola’s style of leadership has led to unprecedented influx of investors into the state”.… Read the rest

Senator Tinubu makes case for displaced kids

July 2, 2012

The Federal Government has been urged to initiate a programme that would rehabilitate children affected by terrorism.

The Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour and Productivity, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, spoke in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, at the end of Senate Retreat.

The lawmaker said the programme should include creating foster parents for the affected children.

She noted that the call became necessary to care and redirect children who were brutally separated from their parents.… Read the rest

Lagos Central Senatorial District mourns Ambassador Segun Olusola

June 25, 2012June 25, 2012

The death of former Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ambassador Segun Olusola is a great loss to the people of Lagos Central Senatorial district, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, OON has said.

“With the passing of Ambassador Segun Olusola, Nigeria has lost a national icon, Lagos Central Senatorial district has lost a rare gem; we have lost a man of many parts. He lived a life worthy of emulation and his death saddens us all,” the Senator stated in a press release issued in Abuja.… Read the rest

June 12 can’t be wished away – Oluremi Tinubu

June 18, 2012

Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday said June 12, 1993 was watershed in Nigeria’s political history.

The Senator, who represents Lagos Central Senatorial District, said this during the opening of her constituency office in Yaba, christened ‘Rehoboth House’.

She said, “There is no other date I would have chosen that would have been as significant as June 12.
June 12 for us at the Action Congress of Nigeria reminds us always of the price paid to pave the way for the democratic dispensation we are currently experiencing for the past 13 years.… Read the rest