By Shuaib Olurotimi Onabanjo.
FLOWERBUDNEWS: The welfare of the people and their betterment should be the responsibility and the hallmark of government.
A former Minister of Works and a member of the Governance Advisory Council in Lagos State, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, stated this at the 2026 Mega Empowerment Programme, under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and facilitated by member of the House of Representatives and Chairman House Committee on Defence, Mr Babajimi Benson, populaly called JB.
Senator Ogunlewe emphasised that the purpose of self-governance was to give dividends of democracy to the citizenry in order to make life more meaningful to all.
He enjoined beneficiaries of the Empowerment Initiative to make good use of what they received to improve their economic and financial wellbeing.
Addressing the gathering, Deputy Governor of Lagos State and Gubernatorial Candidate of Action People’s Congress, APC, Dr Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat, thanked the facilitator of the programme, Mr Babajimi Benson, and urged the people of Ikorodu to come out enmasse and cast their votes for all candidates of the party in the forthcoming elections, promising to advance developmental projects in the State if elected.
Chairman of APC in Lagos State, Chief Cornelius Ojelabi, on behalf of the State Executives, praised Mr Babajimi Benson for his developmental strides and contributing to the advancement and development of the party.
The occasion which was witnessed by traditional leaders in Ikorodu Division led by the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, Oba AbdusSemiu Orimadegun-Kasali, former Deputy Governor, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye, Director General of the Gubernatorial Campaign Team in the State,
Others are Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, party leaders and supporters, featured distribution of vehicles, transformers, Keke Marwa, Motorcycles, Sewing machines, household Solar systems and over One Hundred and Thirty Seven million Naira cash to beneficiaries.
