Lagos State Government Beefs Up Security In Epe, Assures Farmers Of Safety

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday assured farmers in the State especially in Epe axis of adequate measures to protect them against incessant kidnappings, just as it vowed to pursue vigorously and sustain the renewed enforcement of the ban on commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada plying restricted routes. Rising from the monthly Security Council Meeting […]

LASG Mulls Upgrade Of Badagry Demonstration Farm

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode at the weekend expressed the readiness of his administration to upgrade the Songhai Model Farm in Avia-Igborosun, Badagry, with a pledge to transform the project and use it to boost the Agro Tourism and food security drive of the State Government.  The project, which is sitting on a massive […]

Agriculture Can Trigger Nigeria’s Economic Revival

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said that the agricultural sector can provide the needed boost for Nigeria’s quest for economic revival, saying that his administration would continue to support the Federal Government initiative to revamp the sector. Governor Ambode, who spoke when he visited the Nigeria Breweries Plc in Iganmu Lagos, said Agriculture, which […]

Address Delivered At The Lagos State Food Security Summit And Exhibition

Behind every dark cloud, they say, is a silver lining. One of the challenges the current economic recession has brought to the fore is the urgent need to develop a sustainable programme that will guarantee food security for our people. As a nation, in the past, we spent billions of Foreign Exchange on importation of […]

Pictures: Governor Ambode At 2016 World Food Day Celebration At Johnson Agiri Agricultural Complex, Agege

Representative of the Lagos State Governor and Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tunji Bello; Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Toyin Suarau; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Olayiwole Onsanya and Special Adviser on Food Security, Mr. Ganiu Okanlawon Sanni, admiring some farm produce made from cassava at the 2016 World Food Day grand finale [...]

Tree Planting, Most Reliable Means To Combat Global Warming, Flooding-Governor Akinwunmi Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday cautioned residents of the State to desist from indiscriminate and uncontrolled felling of trees, just as he harped on the benefits of tree planting to healthy environment. Speaking at the 2016 Annual Tree Planting Day organized by the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) at Ikosi […]