…Grants 50% Reduction On Commercial Charges, 25% For Owner-Occupier, Manufacturing Concerns … Gives Tax Credit For Payment Already Made, Introduces Installment Payment Plan Following extensive deliberations with stakeholders on the new rates payable by property owners under the Lagos State Land Use Charge (LUC) Law, the State Government on Thursday announced a major reduction in […]
Governor Ambode Swears-In New Perm Secs, Charges Them To Be Champions Of Growth Mindset
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday swore-in two new Permanent Secretaries with a charge on the appointees to lead by example and be champions of growth mindset in public service. The State Government had recently launched a special advocacy campaign to engender growth mindset among civil servants and imbue them with the […]
Land Use Charge: Dialogue Will Lead To Positive Outcome
…Says Govt Always Sensitive, Responsive To Yearnings Of Lagosians Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday expressed optimism that the ongoing dialogue with various stakeholders on the new Land Use Charge Law would bring about a positive outcome in the overall interest of the people going forward. He said the State Government would come […]
Governor Ambode Backs 25 Years Jail Term For Rapists, Perpetrators Of Domestic Violence
…As Lagos Gov, Wife, Deputy Gov, CJ, CP, Others Lead Walk Against Menace In Alausa Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday threw his weight behind the 25 years jail term for rapist and perpetrators of all forms of domestic violence, saying that the time has come to take aggressive steps to put […]
Remarks Delivered At The Domestic And Sexual Violence Advocacy Walk
A lot of progress has been made in the steps taken to protect the rights of women and the girl child and in the war against the oppression of the female gender. However, there is still so much to be done. We need to ask ourselves the hard question: for this cause we honour today, […]
Mrs. Bolanle Ambode Calls For Removal Of Barriers Impeding Women’s Progress
As Lagos joined the rest of world to mark this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has called for the removal of barriers impeding the progress of women in the country. Speaking at the Women’s Day celebration held at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, Mrs. […]
Land Use Charge: Outrageous Amount In Circulation Unfounded, Based On Arrears – LASG
…Extends Period For Discounted Payment To April 14 The Lagos State Government on Wednesday clarified the figures circulating in the media on the rate for the newly reviewed Land Use Charge Law of 2018, saying many of the numbers were based on several years of arrears on the levy not paid by affected property owners. […]
Land Use Charge: We’re Ready For Dialogue
…Says Only 700,000 Out Of 8million Taxable Adults Paid Taxes In 2017 …As Dangote, Ovia, Elumelu Urge Lagosians To Voluntarily Pay Taxes Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said his administration is not oblivious of the hue and cry generated by the revised Land Use Charge Law, saying that the government is ready […]
LASG Pledges To Bring Back Night Life To Surulere
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said his administration will go all out to transform the economy of Surulere and make it to be at par with those of Victoria Island and Ikoyi, starting with the resuscitation of the night life of the axis. Speaking while unveiling a road project in Modele-Mathew Street […]
Goodwill Remarks Delivered At The Commissioning Of Road Project In Surulere Donated By Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila
One of the criteria to assess the level of development in a society is the quantity and quality of social and public infrastructure in place to make life comfortable for the people. As a result, infrastructural development and renewal has been accorded prime attention in our State. Apart from transforming major road networks and other […]