By Babatunde Fashola Lagos, of course, has chosen a different path. It lives largely on the revenue it raises by itself. 70% of its N499 billion ($3.2 billion) budget for year 2013 and the preceding years have been self-generated. The Federal Government’s monthly allocations only account for 30% of Lagos’ annual resources-to-budget cost. In order [...]
Chief Superintendent of Police and Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Lagos State, , Bayo Sulaiman speaks with Senior Staff Writer, KAZEEM UGBODAGA on the activities of the taskforce, successes, personal life and other issues How have you been able to achieve success in such a short time as Taskforce [...]
When flood ravaged many states in Nigeria last year, destroying homes, markets, offices and even killing people, not many remembered that Lagos State was not affected. Some thought the torrential rainfall in Lagos was not enough to cause a flood, others felt it was the act of God but environmentalists knew it was the conscious [...]
By Babatunde Fashola Still speaking of service, our work is not finished and we will continue to improve. You will recall that we announced a Service Charter in 2012. Some of the pilot Ministries, Departments and Agencies have conducted extensive surveys across the state and we have noticed that some citizens are either unable to [...]
By Babatunde Fashola On the 18th November 2012, when I presented our activity report from the last 100 days, I told you that it was a momentous milestone; because apart from the progress we had made, it was the occasion that coincided with our 2000th day of partnership that started on May 29th 2007. The [...]
The Inspector-General of Police, MD Abubakar and Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola, have congratulated Nigeria’s Super Eagles for their emphatic victory over the Stallions of Burkina Faso, in the finals of the just concluded the Nations Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa. The IGP in his message described the Eagles’ well deserved victory and their [...]
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday held a send-off for 13 Permanent Secretaries who retired from the civil service after over 30 years of meritorious service and appointed 14 new ones. At a Pens Down ceremony on Thursday in honour of the retired permanent secretaries, held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa in Lagos, [...]
