The Lagos state government has assured all residents of the state that the new environmental protection and management law is in their interest.Steve Ayorinde, commissioner for information and strategy, said this in a statement, saying it is in line with the reforms in the environment sector "to ensure cleaner environment and public health safety in the state".Some civil society organisations [...]
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the recent statement by Leo Heller, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation.Heller had initially described the 2017 budget proposal for the water sector in Lagos state as unacceptable. Akinwunmi Ambode, while presenting the 2017 budget to the Lagos House of Assembly said the state [...]
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank; Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos state governor and his counterpart from Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, are to speak at the fifth EU-Nigeria business forum.The forum, which is set for November 10 to November 11, also features Okechukwu Enelamah, minister of industry, trade and investment; Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works, and housing; Udoma Udo Udoma, minister of [...]
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, did not receive the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) protesters, who claimed there was an official notification and a subsequent appointment to receive them.The protester marched from the Obafemi Awolowo roundabout in Ikeja around 9:55 am to the government house in Alausa, but were prevented by security agents from entering the premises.The state house [...]
The Environmental Rights Organisation/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos state governor, to publicly shun the public private partnership (PPP) water scheme "promoted" by the World Bank.In a statement, Akinbode Oluwafemi, ERA/FoEN's deputy director, described the world bank's privatisation initiative around the world as "toxic" and said access to water, a free gift of nature, is [...]
Traders at Mile 12 market, Ketu, on Thursday pleaded with Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, to reopen the market which was shut following late week’s bloody clashes in the area.Haruna Mohammed, chairman of perishable traders association at the market, said the continued closure of the facility would further impoverish members.The market was shut on March 3 following violent clashes which, according [...]
Financial journalists under the aegis of Centre for Financial Journalism (CFJ Nigeria) are all set to help President Muhammadu Buhari steer through Nigeria’s economic turbulence.This will be done at the inaugural lecture of CFJ Nigeria, which holds 11am on Thursday March 17, 2016 at The Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.According to Ray Echebiri, founder and CEO of [...]
Vandals and criminal gangs in Ikorodu, Lagos, may be responsible for the kidnap of three school girls from their boarding school, Akinwunmi Ambode, the governor of Lagos state, says.Ambode said this on Wednesday in a statement released and signed by Steve Ayorinde, the commissioner of information and strategy.Ambode said "evil" was fighting back but warned that the state government will no longer tolerate [...]
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, on Thursday assured the people of the state of his determination to work out an effective traffic management policy.According to a statement released on his website, Ambode said this at the traffic management and transportation summit organised by the state government.The governor observed that with the realities on ground, there is the need for [...]
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