Last Wednesday, Ifelodun LCDA residents, community and political leaders, and other public officials who have helped the area develop were awarded.
Among various awards, they have conferred newly installed traffic controllers of the Lagos State Transport Authority (LASTMA).
Alhaji Inaolaji Bamidele Daud (IBD) Shomotan, the Supervisor for Transport and Logistics of Ifelodun LCDA and Coordinator of Mile 2 Interchange from the Office of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), said: “The reason to award and install some individuals as traffic mayors within the community is to engage the elites and to inspire interest to ensure sanity on Lagos roads and to ensure free-flowing traffic everywhere.”
“The choice of awardees is based on the fact of their positive impacts on the community and to ensure their continuous interest at contributing further to the development of the state as well as encouraging others to emulate them.”.
Among the list of prominent awardees were Prince Rabiu Adio Oluwa, former Executive Chairman of the old Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government, member of the Governor Advisory Council (GAC) and Leader of Badagry Division of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abiola Ajijola, the first Executive Chairman of the old Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government, Hon. Olusegun Ogunbanjo, past Local Government Area Party Chairman of the old Ajeromi-Ifelodun and two terms member of the National Assembly, Abuja as well as Hon. Taiwo Oyewole Adenekan, first Executive Chairman of Ifelodun LCDA and immediate past member of the National Assembly, Abuja.
The Executive Chairman of the LCDA, Hon. Olufemi Okeowo, who hosted the event along with his predecessor Hon. Shuaib Fatai Ajidagba, were also on the list.
According to Shomotan, “It is important to encourage and appreciate those who are involved in the development of our community in order to promote sustainability and their continued involvement even after public office. That was why we thought it wise to also confer an award on the current council chair Okeowo for being a harbinger of peace and development who has used his tenure to unify the people and his predecessor Ajidagba, a man whose time in office witnessed unprecedented development for which Ifelodun LCDA will remember for a long time. “
Other awardees were Hon. Kolawole Musibau Taiwo (HKT), former Deputy Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and current member of the Federal House of Representatives, Abuja, Hon. Kalejaye Adeboye Paul (KAP), former Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State and APC candidate for House of Representatives, Abuja, in the 2023 election and the wife of Badagry Division Leader, Yeye Iretiola Oluwa; and the Chairman of the Lagos State Local Government Commission, Hon. Kamal Ayinde Bayewu; Hon. Lookman Sa’d Olumoh, member of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA); the CEO of Lagos State Ferry Services, Hon. AbdulBaq Ladi-Balogun.
