Assessment Tour: Lagos GAC Expresses Delight With lsolo Council Boss, Olasoju.
………As lsolo Stakeholders, Residents Rate Hon Olasoju High On Progressive Governance.
Emmanuel lkpeama
The Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Lagos State, has expressed utmost satisfaction with the Olasoju Adebayo-led administration of Isolo LCDA.
The revered body’s assertion came on Friday 25, October 2024 when its delegation led by a Former Deputy Governor in the state, Dr. Femi Pedro hit the council secretariat on an assessment mission.
The delegation ushered by the council boss, Olasoju Adebayo into the waiting assembly of stakeholders comprising traditional/religious/market leaders, opinion moulders and community representatives etc had come in continuation of the state-wide assessment tour by the exclusive GAC aimed at holistically evaluating development at the grassroots.
According to Pedro, the meeting was also to assess the mutual relationship between the executive and legislative arms of the council areas as well as the entire council workforce.
Earlier before meeting with the stakeholders at the multipurpose hall, Olasoju briefly hosted the delegation which included Hon. (Mrs.)Jumoke Okoya-Thomas and Mrs. Kenny Saint-Brown at the conference room where he brilliantly projected a comprehensive compendium of his developmental strides across all areas of governance since he assumed office to the admiration of his visitors.
In a Vox Populi-like manner, the stakeholders who spoke on behalf of the various subgroups in the council repeatedly gave Olasoju pats on his back by lending credence to the impactful governance the mayor is operating and also passed votes of confidence in his administration.
On his part, the coordinator of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Isolo local branch, Comrade Sikiru Akibu (Zinko) pleaded for appointive positions at the state level to complement Olasoju’s welfarist strides as he lamented the council area’s appointees drought.
The youth leader whose remark resonated with other stakeholders appealed to the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ensure that Isolo LCDA is not left out of his Youth+ initiative in his THEMES+ agenda by considering young individuals from the cosmopolitan community for appointments at the state level.
In his reaction, Pedro, who recalled starting his life as a young married man in Isolo having briefly lived at Ire-Akari Estate, expressed delight at Olasoju’s giant strides and all-inclusive governance as evident in the glowing tributes from the stakeholders.
He added that though the delegation would still come around for an on-the-spot assessment of infrastructural projects reeled out by the council boss but thumbed him up for bringing governance closer to the people and urged him to consolidate the remarkable developments.
Others who attested to the Olasoju’s good performance were the APC Leaders in Oshodi-Isolo LGA; Otunba Henry Ajomale and High Chief Muraina Akanbi Taiwo who were represented at the meeting by Otunba Jide Oni, the Regent of Isolo Kingdom, High Chief Saliu Wasiu Arowooye, APC Chairman in Isolo LCDA; Barrister Gani Bello, the first Executive Chairman of the now-splitted Oshodi-Isolo LGA; Hon. Martins Ayo Adegboyega, the Vice Iyaloja General of Isolo LCDA, Alhaja kadijat Kazeem, the APC Isolo Women Leader, Alhaja Salawat Olusesi, Comrade Monsuru Agbabiaka (Alagba), the Chairman of Isolo Community Development Committee (CDC), Hon. Adesegun Olatunde, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Isolo LCDA, Rev. Dr. S.K. Adebayo, the Divisional Police Officer of Isolo Division among others
Investigator news reports that before the end of the meeting Pedro made it known that aside assessing governance level, the visitation was to look into why Oshodi-Isolo had a not-too-good outing in the 2023 election as he assured that the delegation will submit its report for subsequent review by the governance council and ultimately the governor for necessary actions.
