Gov. Fashola Swears In Elected Chairmen And Vice Chairmen Of The 20 LGs And 37 LCDAs In Lagos




Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (left) congratulating the elected Chairman of Itire-Ikate of Local Council Development Area, Hon. Hakeem Bamgbola (right) after being sworn in during the swearing-in ceremony of the elected Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and the 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, October 29, 2011.



Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (left) congratulating newly elected Chairman of Osodi-Isolo Local Government, Hon. Bolaji Muse-Ariyoh (right) after being sworn in during the swearing-in ceremony of the elected Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and the 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, October 29, 2011.



Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (left) congratulating re-elected Chairman of Yaba LCDA, Hon. Jimoh Olajide (2nd right) after being sworn in during the swearing-in ceremony of the elected Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and the 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, October 29, 2011.



Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (left), his Deputy, Hon (Mrs) Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (2nd left), National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (2nd right) and Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Ademorin Kuye (right) during the swearing-in ceremony of the elected Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and the 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, October 29, 2011.



Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (right), Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Lagos State, Chief Henry Oladele Ajomale (middle) and the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu I (left) during the swearing-in ceremony of the elected Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and the 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, October 29, 2011.



A cross section of the Elected Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and the 37 Local Council Development Areas taking their Oath of Office during the swearing-in ceremony at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, October 29, 2011.



The elected Vice Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and the 37 Local Council Development Areas taking their Oath of Office during the swearing-in ceremony at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, October 29, 2011.



The elected Vice Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and the 37 Local Council Development Areas taking their Oath of Office during the swearing-in ceremony at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos on Saturday, October 29, 2011.

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Nigerians should study in the country –Fashola




The Lagos Governor said the capital expended in studying abroad could be used to develop the Nigerian economy
ARTICLE | NOVEMBER 13, 2011 - 5:11AM | BY VALERIE ANOFOCHI

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday decried the high rate at which Nigerians opt for foreign education.

Apart from undermining the nation’s education sector, Fashola said, the trend had dire consequences on the nation’s economy and had negatively impacted the country’s trade balance with receiving countries.

Speaking at a youth stakeholders’ forum organised by After Graduate Development Centre (AGDC) in partnership with the Lagos State Government to mobilise and sensitise youths on national development, he explained that the capital spent abroad by Nigerians going to Europe or elsewhere for education could have been used to develop the Nigerian economy.

The governor said there was need for a check on the trend. This, he said, could be achieved by boosting the capacity of local educational institutions, as well as the development of new ones to address the problem of the demand-supply deficit in the nation’s university system.

It will be recalled that recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Malam Lamido Sanusi, revealed that 71,000 Nigerians studying in Ghana spent N155 billion on school fees in the neighbouring country.

He said that this was much more than the N121 billion annual budget for all the federal universities and described the situation as worrisome.