Agege Federal Lawmaker, Dr. Wale Ahmed Urges Constituents To Support Tinubu Reform Policies

Yomi Durojaye 

House of Representatives member Dr. Wale Ahmed yesterday urged the people of Agege Constituency to rekindle their solidarity and support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He said Nigerians will savour a new lease of life, assuring that the dividends of socio-economic reforms embarked upon by the administration will spread.

Tinubu.           Wale Ahmed

Ahmed spoke at his constituency office where no fewer than 50 tertiary students received N100,000 each under his ‘Noble Scholarship Programme.’

Speakers at the event admonished the beneficiaries to face their studies, shun cultism and other social vices, make their parents proud and be a good ambassadors of the scheme.

At the ceremony, the lawmaker also donated bags of rice and cash to market men and women from Agege and Orile-Agege councils, bags of flours to Agege master bakers and a generator to the Divisional Police Office.

Accompanied by a party colleague and former federal lawmaker, Jide Jimoh, the legislator said he sponsored the educational programme in appreciation to God who enabled him to study medicine at the Usman Dan Fodio University,  Sokoto, despite being an indigent student.

Ahmed thanked the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders,members and other constituents in Agege for their cooperation, urging them to increase their support for the Tinubu administration.

He also charged them to maintain the unity of the fold.

On the scholarship scheme, he said:” We obtained GCE and JAMB forms for our youths. I remember my six years as a student in Sokoto. I only had transport fare for the first year. There waa nobody to give me transport money. When I entered Year Four, I spent one week at home after resumption because of lack of transport fare. I am sponsoring the education programme to give thanks to God.”

Ahmed promised to do follow-up by monitoring the students’ progress.

To the students, he said:”You can achieve your goals in life with hardwork.”

Jimoh of Mainland Constituency said: “It is a day of joy. Our leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is in town. This is what he likes. This is good news to our president and our governor. There is no beneficiary of scholarship who will not be happy for life.

“Dr. Wale Ahmed has also given grants. This is true representation. He is in the House moving motions and sponsoring bills. He is serving our party and your constituency.”

To the students,he said: “Treasure the opportunity. Guard it jealously. Use it well.”

At the ceremony were Idowu Akinola, who represented House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, Taofeek Oloriodo, Monsurat Adegbenro, Mrs. Akinyemi, Youth Leader Semiu Lateef, Alhaja Dupe Boyejo, Olumuyiwa Lebiyo, Omooba Sobande, Joseph Ayobami, Isola Omodele and Segun Balogun.

The chairman of the screening committee, Abiodun Ogedengbe, said the selection of beneficiaries was transparent and devoid of partisanship.

He said to be above board, he said he prevented his daughter who had gained admission into the university from participating in the exercise.

He urged the beneficiaries “to go and excel,” and their parents to monitor them because they are young.

The chairman of APC in Agege Council, Alhaji Tunde Azeez Disco, advised the students to be good ambassadors of the council and constituency, excel academically and engage in community service.

He described the expansion of educational opportunities as the real dividends of democracy.

Sustain selfless service to humanity, Ambode tasks religious bodies

...Religious leaders are significant in the development of the State - Gov. Ambode
...Your policies positively touching lives, PFN tells Gov

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday commended religious leaders for upholding religious tolerance in the State and complementing government efforts in offering essential services to the people in critical areas such free medical care, provision of shelter and assistance to the needy.

Governor Ambode, who said this at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja when he received the leadership of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) led by its President, Dr Felix Omobude on a courtesy visit, said it was on record that in the last two and half years of his administration, there had never been any major religious or ethnic crisis, while religious bodies have also been complementing government, just as he urged them to sustain the selfless service they have been offering to humanity.

He said: “I want to thank you on behalf of our administration. In another two days, our administration will be two and half years and it has been two and half years of sincere religious tolerance in this State. It has never been like this before; we have never had any disagreement between or among the religious groups or even among our people on a tribal note and that also show that God is present in Lagos State.

“Religious leaders are significant in the development of the State and I can say it easily. There are too many things that even our policies do not cover and a strong part of the civil society is our religious bodies because in areas where we cannot give shelter, we cannot give advice and we cannot give comfort, you have always been there.

“There are so many things that the churches are doing that are beyond spiritual. There are churches that are feeding people; they are taking care of health of the people; they are taking care of maternal mortality issues, taking delivery of babies where there are no hospitals and thereby complementing the efforts of government. That in itself deserves to be commended and I must say a big thank you to all our religious bodies. I must also inspire you on. What you are doing is not going unnoticed.

I take note of everything that our churches are doing and I commend you most sincerely from the bottom of our hearts.”

He said as a sign of celebrating and appreciating the religious tolerance in the State, the State Government would uphold and sustain the interfaith parley which started last year, saying this year’s edition will hold in coming weeks.

Besides, Governor Ambode said the modest achievements of his administration were a product of the discipline learnt from religious fellowship, and assured that no stone would be left unturned to make life comfortable for residents.

“We like to touch humanity which is the whole essence of governance and that is why we are here. We will continue to do it. The electorate decided that somebody should come and represent and take care of their interest and that interest we are ready to sustain, we are ready to uphold; it is more about them not about us and I think at the end of the day, this kind of visit gives me inspiration that we are doing it in the right way and I want to assure that we will continue to work for the interest of the people,” he said.

Earlier, Omobude said they were at Lagos House to deepen the relationship existing with government and to identify with Governor Ambode.

He said the PFN leadership is thrilled by what God had been using Governor Ambode to do in the State, saying the massive infrastructural renewal and various policies were having positive impact on the people.

He said the church must not only criticize government officials when they do wrong, but also commend them when they are working in the interest of the people, adding that of a truth, the giant strides of the State Government deserved to be commended.

He also assured that PFN would continue to partner with government at various levels especially on matters relating to development of the country.