Agboyi Ketu council boss shines at Vanguard Award night,advocates better grassroots projection    

Agboyi Ketu LCDA council boss Mayor Dele Osinowo a recipient of Vanguard grassroots Icon award has called for better projection of good works done at the council level.

Elated over the award, Osinowo made the call that many good works are being done at the local government level but governnance works at the state and national get better projection than that done at the grassroots.

He highlighted the fact that council administration in Lagos state has generally done alot to better the generality of the populace, but get little or no reckoning in terms of projection, while dedicating the award to them all.

“I want to commend Vanguard for what they have done. For looking deep into the grassroot, most of the media houses are not doing that, they focus on the state and the federal and they are missing out.

“They need to focus on the grassroots, they need to know what the grassroots people are doing, it is not just the third tier of government.

“It is the development foundation, without the local government we are not doing anything. I appreciate them for recognising the 774 local governments through this awards.
Osinowo however, stressed the fact that President Bola Tinubu did laid the foundation for better developments in Lagos state, twenty years ago.

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“The honour done on me today represents what the local governments and LCDAs are doing in Lagos state. This shows that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has really created a platform for the people to develop and think outside the box.

“We cannot develop Nigeria without the local governments, local government is the foundation of development. It is in recognition of what Asiwaju did down here 21 years ago.

“The financial autonomy people aare just talking about , we have been witnessing it in Lagos state for over 20 years. That is the reason you can see development across the state.

“I am just one of them that they recognized today we can recognize many more and we will keep achieving more. It is a wake up call for me to do more not that I am the best among them all.

“Ikoyi Obalende, Ikosi Iseri, Orile Agege, Eredo in Epe down to Ibeju Lekki, Lagos Island East, go there and witness first hand development. That is what is going on across Lagos state 20 local governments and 37 LCDAs.

“Come next Tuesday we will disbursing 75 million naira to boost trade and commerce in Agboyi Ketu.”

In what appears a solidarity attendance, the two lawmakers representing Kosofe constituencies 1 and 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Ganiyu Okanlawon Sanni and Hon. Femi Saheed were at the Eko Hotels and Towers venue of the Vanguard awards.

They respectively spoke so well about Mayor Dele Osinowo for having clearly transformed his locality across the sectors and thus worthy of the honour done on him.

For Hon. Sanni Ganiyu Okanlawon (Kosofe 1),“Dele Osinowo can only be referred to as a performer, his impact is felt across all sectors, from education, housing, building of health centres, sports-he built sporting centres, even the empowerment of his people that is very key through the ‘We Lift’ programme where he had empowered well over 2500 people that is quite massive.

“All he has done is applaudable and for him to have been honoured by Vanguard a very reputable publication house, it is a worthy feat. We know he has performed and deserves the award.”
Femi Saheed (Kosofe 2) said,“Mayor Dele Osinowo since inception has made various landmark achievements, in the area of education, technology and housing,he has relocated and reshaped housing in the local government level.

“He had empowered people and we believe this recognition by Vanguard as the 2024 grassroots icon is another feat that will make him do more and double his task to perform better than what we are celebrating today.”