N25bn ETF, A Turning Point In Engaging Youths, Unemployed

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode On Thursday Expressed Fulfillment In The Realisation Of His Campaign Promise To Establish An Employment Trust Fund (Etf), Saying The Initiative Was A Paradigm Shift In Positively And Productively Engaging The Teeming Youths Of The State. Governor Ambode, Who Spoke At The Lagos House, Alausa While Inaugurating The Board […]

Address Delivered by His Excellency, The Governor Of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode at the Inauguration of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund and Civil Service Commission on March 3, 2016

In my inaugural address, I said that I would fulfil my campaign promise to establish an Employment Trust Fund. On Tuesday, 5th January 2016, I assented to the Employment Trust Fund Law. Thereafter, in line with the provisions of the Law, the Chairman and Executive Secretary have since been cleared by the State House of […]

Nigeria Must Look Inward To Overcome Forex Challenges

…Says Buhari On Track To Salvage Economy …Lagos Is Secured And Safe For Business- MD Nigerian Breweries Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday expressed optimism that the foreign exchange crisis plaguing the country which has resulted in Naira depreciating considerably low against the Dollar is solvable, but that the country must look inward […]

Pictures: Mrs. Bolanle Ambode at the Commissioning of Erisco Tomato Processing Factory, Alausa

Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (middle),with Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari (left) and Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, during the Commissioning of a Tomato Processing Factory by Erisco Foods Limited at Alausa, on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Chief Executive Officer, Erisco Foods Limited, Chief Eric Umeofia; Wife ofthe […]

Lagos Light Rail Will Be Functional By December

…Says Lagos Open For Greater Business …Plans 24hrs Power Supply In Two Years   …Reveals Strategy To Eliminate Tank Farms In Apapa Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday restated his administration’s commitment to ensure that the Blue Line of the Light Rail Project is up and running by December 2016. Governor Ambode, who spoke […]

Lagos Remains Hub of Trade and Economy in Nigeria – Finnish Envoy

…Mulls Partnership On Security, Energy, E-Education  The Ambassador of Finland to Nigeria, Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury at the weekend said Lagos remains the nerve centre for trade and investment in Nigeria, just as she expressed the willingness of investors from her country to partner the state on several areas of interests.  Suomela-Chowdhury, who spoke to Government House […]

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode Attends the Corporate Council on Africa’s 10th Biennial US-Africa Business Summit, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left); leading a panel discussion, Vice President, Corporate Council on Africa, Ambassador Bob Perry (left), other World Leaders and participants, during the 10th Biennial U.S-Africa Business Summit, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday, January 03, 2016. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (middle); Vice President, Corporate Council on […]

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode Appoints Ex-FIRS Boss, Omoigui-Okauru, Others For N25bn ETF Board

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday appointed a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru to head the Board of Trustees for the N25billion State Employment Trust Fund (ETF). The Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, also approved the appointment of nine […]