By Afolabi Oyekunle. Lagos State and EIB Global, the branch of the European Investment Bank (EIB) dedicated to development and international partnerships, have announced a EUR 170 million financial partnership to develop a sustainable and efficient waterways transport in Lagos.    The project is part of the strategic corridor, Abidjan-Lagos, which is supported by the EU under the European Global Gateway Initiative. It responds to national and regional priorities and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs . This is the first collaboration between LASWA and EIB, the largest funder of the Omi Eko Project. The EIB long-term loan is supported by an EU guarantee under the Global Gateway Initiative of which EIB is a key partner in Africa.  The project is co-financed with the AFD and the European Commission with respectively EUR 130m of sovereign loan and EUR 60m of Investment Grant.    Through this operation the EU Bank will finance the implem...

By Afolabi Oyekunle. The Ogun State Government has temporarily relocated students of Our Lady of Apostles Girls Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode, to an alternative location as investigations into the recent chemical inhalation incident on the school premises intensify. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this during an on-the-spot assessment of the school, noting that preliminary findings have confirmed the presence of methane gas in the affected area. Governor Abiodun speaking at the occasion. The governor explained that the relocation became necessary to safeguard the health and safety of students, teachers, and other members of the school community, while also creating an enabling environment for experts to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the source and cause of the contamination. He noted that the state government, through the Ministries of Environment and Health, is collaborating with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the...

By Afolabi Oyekunle. International partnerships took center stage as the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) welcomed a distinguished delegation led by the Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS to its headquarters. An official signing ceremony was followed by a guided site tour of select terminals/jetties and then a closing press briefing to highlight the activities of the day. The visit provided a vital platform for LASWA leadership, the Ministry of Transport, and partners from the French Development Agency (AFD) to review the impact of the OMI ĖKÓ project and align on future infrastructure goals. ​

By Afolabi Oyekunle. The Lagos state National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) is working with the State Ministry of Transport to ensure  data capturing of Keke riders in the state towards their proper identification.  The State Secretary of NURTW, Comrade Usman Teslim who disclosed this while speaking with Focus News said they will enventually be given identification numbers and this will help towards identifying them whenever any issue arises. NURTW state secretary, Comrade Teslim. Comrade Teslim said this will later be extended to Okada riders, buses drivers and all those that have business in the transport sector. He assured full cooperation of the state NURTW in the scheme as it will bring further orderliness in the informal sector of commercial transportation. Speaking on measures taken by the state NURTW to sanitise the union,Comrade Teslim said with discipline measures already in place the union is no longer how the public perserved its members as to...

By Afolabi Oyekunle. The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is collaborating  with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on a n innovative partnership that could bring an estimated nine million transport workers into the Personal Pension Plan (PPP) under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) . The proposed collaboration came to the fore during a courtesy visit by the National President of NURTW, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, to the Director General of PenCom, M s. Omolola Oloworaran, at the PenCom ’s headquarters in Abuja. The engagement, attended by senior officials from both organizations, focused on expanding pension coverage for transport workers through the PPP and on exploring innovative financing models to support the acquisition of modern mass-transit vehicles nationwide. Speaking at the meeting, Akinsanya said the union’s nationwide structure and its estimated membership of nine million transport workers operating across motor p...

B y Afolabi Oyekunle. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye has expressed sadness over the death of the Labour Editor/Group Business Editor, Daily Independent Newspapers, Mr. Sylvester Enoghase. Barrister Faleye, in a personal condolence message, described the late editor as an exceptional journalist even as he consoled the family over the demise of their breadwinner. The condolence message read in part, “The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye, and the entire Management and Staff of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) received with profound shock and sadness the news of the passing of Mr. Sylvester Enoghase, Labour Editor and Group Business Editor of Daily Independent Newspaper. "Mr. Enoghase was an exceptional journalist, a committed advocate for workers' welfare, and a steadfast ally of the Nigerian labour movement".  The NSIT...