Kosofe News

Agboyi-Ketu Chair, Dele Osinowo Assures On Projects Completion, Improved IGR   *To Complete Industrial borehole Projects * Keys Into Real Estate For Revenue Generation *Says Agboyi Town Development contingent on Link Bridge construction  As the tenure of council Chairmen in Lagos State is gradually coming to an end, the executive chairman of Agboyi-Ketu LCDA, Mayor Dele Osinowo, has given assurance of his commitment to the completion of some ongoing infrastructural projects in the LCDA before the end of his tenure while he also disclosed the intention of his administration to consolidate on its gains and achievements in the coming dispensation buy shoring up the Internally Generated Revenue(IGR). The council Boss made the statement on Wednesday in his office during a media interactive session with a group of community online media base in Kosofe Local Government Area where he spoke on various issues and development in the LCDA. Speaking during the inter...

NATIONAL SOCIAL REGISTER: SOFOLA RECEIVES DATABASE OF OWORO POOR AND VULNERABLE, PLEDGES SUPPORT TO LASOCU. The Executive Chairman of Kosofe Local Government, Hon. Afolabi Sofola has received the database of over 6000 poor and vulnerable people domiciled at the Oworoshoki area of the Local Government from the team of LASOCU which has been gathering the data of the poor and vulnerable in Kosofe Local Government Area since  the commencement of national social register exercise which is being organised by the federal government. Hon. Sofola received the database on Tuesday 15th when team of LASOCU paid him official visit after completing capturing of data of vulnerable people at Oworoshoki ward A and B before proceeding to other wards in the Local government.     The council Chairman in an interview with news men, stressed importance of the nationwide programme and pledged his continued support for the exercise before the end of his tenure. ...

SOFOLA COMMISSIONS ADEOKUN STREET OWORO The executive chairman of Kosofe Local Government, Hon. Afolabi Sofola on Monday 15th, 2021 commissioned rehabilitated Adeokun street at Oworoshoki to the delight of residents of the area who had been complaining of infrastructural deficit and neglect for some time. While commissioning the road, Hon. Afolabi Sofola who was represented by Kosofe Local Government CDC Chairman, Hon. Segun Babatunde praised the CDA chairman of the street Alhaji Gafar for kick starting the rehabilitation of the street by fixing a quarter of the road with interlocking blocks before the intervention of the council. The representative of the council boss disclosed that Alhaji Gafar did not receive a penny from the government for the selfless initiative he undertook on behalf of the residents of the street. He therefore appealed to the resident of the street to make proper use of the road by, stressing that it was rehabilitated with the...

AIGORO REVALIDATES APC MEMBERSHIP, SAYS APC REMAINS THE PARTY TO BEAT *Lauds Governor Sanwo-Olu *Yemi Atiku, Funsho Oduntan Also Revalidate A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kosofe Local Government Area and the Local Government Chairmanship prospect, Hon. Musiliu Aigoro has joined the rest of the party’s chieftains across Lagos State and beyond to revalidate his membership of the party. Speaking to newsmen after his APC membership revalidation yesterday, Hon. Aigoro described the ongoing revalidation exercise as a welcome development and a step in the right direction, stating that it would enable the party to assess its political strength in order for it to be able to plan and strategize effectively ahead of 2023 general elections. He expressed profound belief that if the excellent performance of APC Government in Lagos State is anything to go by, the party would still remain the dominant party to reckon with in Lagos and Nigeria. “Ev...

KOSOFE LGA HOLDS YEAR 2021 BUDGET RETREAT …promises to reflect the requests of Stakeholders in budget The entire Executive Council and Management staff of Kosofe Local Government Council are committed to consider and process the requests of relevant stakeholders in the Year 2021 Budget, themed “Budget of Rekindling Hope in the Face of Global Pandemic”.  The Executive Chairman, Hon. Afolabi Sofola, disclosed this while flagging off a 2- day Budget Retreat slated from Thursday, February 4, 2021 to Saturday, February, 6, 2021 at Swiss International D’Palms Airport Hotel, Ajao Estate, Lagos.  In his words, “the budget retreat cannot take off without a stakeholders meeting, so what we are doing now is to put together all the requests of various communities and see how we can make provisions for them in our 2021 budget because if you do not have the right vote of charge in a department, you may not be able accomplish what you need to do that year”.  ...

Sofola Reaffirms Commitment To Provision Of Accessible Roads, Commissions Another Road Project At Anthony Village  The Executive Chairman of Kosofe Local Government, Hon Afolabi Sofola has reaffirmed his commitment towards leaving a lasting legacy in terms of provision of quality and accessible road network in his Local Government Area has he commissioned another road projects at Anthony village on Friday. Hon. Sofola commissioned reconstructed Bola street at Anthony Village making it the fifth road commissioned within a week in the local government. Hon. Sofola was represented at the commissioning by his Senior Special Assistance on Religious Matter Hon. Ganiu Oyebanjo. In an interview with newsmen, Hon. Oyebanjo reiterated the commitment of the council chairman towards making life liveable for the people of Kosofe Local Government Area. He made it Known that the council Chairman decided to reconstruct the road in order to bring relief to motori...