LIFEINSLUM

This report is from The Campaigner - the subsidiary of LIFEINSLUM .  By Davy Fidel  The picture, captioned by LIFEINSLUM, was the  food distribution conducted 7/4/2020 at Ajeromi Ifelodun LGA. According to the eye witness, who was on ground to pick factual evidence said, "more than three thousand loaves of bread were deposited in the local government secretariat". Also, he continued "three truck of baggo bags of food items that contain in it: 4/5 cup of rice, 2/3 cups of beans, garri, a pack of semo, maggi and salt were parked in the local government secretariat."

The declaration of the Eleventh DisCos, in partnership with NERC to hike electricity tariff, from the unjustifiable N24kw/h to N38kw/h in April, 2020, has trigger a lot of reactions from electricity consumers. In places like Ajegunle, Alaba Oro, Ijora Badia, Olodi, Awodi-ora etc where electricity campaigns has been on for some time.  

The agitated Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) workers gathered in Magistrate Court, Oyingbo, Lagos (27/11/2019) to register their grievances against the led management of Mr. Shogoru, who has been conducting marital laws on issues around and against, the democratic rights of workers, welfare, wages and other related anti-labour sharp practices. The case which was slated for hearing on 27/11/2019, was adjourned for Wednesday 22 January, 2020.

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Ikoyi Lagos has set aside Thursday February 20, 2020 for a day of judgement for the dock workers; and December 4/5 (Weds/Thurs), 2019 for the second phase of Trial/Hearing of witnessed of Dangote Plc, concerning the sacked 800 Dangote Truck Officers. Apparently, for a lot of dock workers who were in court, hearing the set day of judgement, was a way forward. 

The Campaigner - a subsidiary of LIFEINSLUM - urges the Nigerian masses and the poor, to oppose the recent plan of the Buhari led administration alongside the Buratai led Military, who plan to kick off Operation Positive Identification (OPI). The consequential effect of this bill, if it's become a law, will be a way of attacking the democratic rights of people, who will be at the receiving end to suffer more from this martial act.

Since the creation of 37 Local Council Development Area (LCDA) under the then Bola Ahmed Tinubu Alliance for Democracy (AD), that is now All Progressives' Congress (APC). The story has never been the same. It has gone from bad to worst for a lot of people. 

On Monday 29 July, 2019; the Education Rights Campaign - Ajegunle - kicked off the 14th Edition of the Free Coaching Lesson at Nawair U Deen Primary School, situated in the community. So far, Subject like Mathematics, English Language, Civic Education, Biology, Further Mathematics, Physics etc are been treated. 

Great people of Ajegunle! I greet you all with warm heart, and in the spirit of aspiring for a better community and Nigeria at large. I need to draw our attention to something important I think must be address with urgent mobilizations.  It is time that we should begin to organize ourselves and say enough is enough of this continue form of exploitation. The Private Sectors Participators known as PSP, plan to kick off an increment of collection of PSP levy, beginning from August/September, 2019. 

It is like a political victory for hundreds of dock workers present in the  National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Thursday 20/6/2019 for the "Trial". It is like an end to the three years deadlock Court appearances and the long suffering toil under the whip of ENL Consortium. While today is the Trial Day for the Industrial court, to kick off the hearing between representative capacity of 584 (out of the 688 retrenched) registered dock workers filed with NICN, and ENL Consortium. Many of the workers were already in the court premises around 7:45am to display their banners and chant solidarity songs.

The Campaign - the subsidiary of LIFEINSLUM - reports the sorry state of bad roads in Ajeromi Ifelodun. Huge traffic was at Bale Road today, 2 July, 2019. The traffic, which lasted for more than an hour and thirty minutes, was caused by an ongoing celebration of Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government, marking the Chairman 56th Birth day party.

Yesterday Friday 12/4/2019 Davy Fidel and Lexan Ali members of DSM gave solidarity visit, to the people of Alaba Oro community in their meeting, over the non payment of crazy and the demand for free installation of prepaid metre.

For the past twelve weeks, since the Crossed Bar at Okoya bridge, to stop long vehicles especially "trailers" and "containers" to ply the road had been removed. The story hasn't been the same for a lot of people. 

At exactly 11:05am Wednesday 3, 2019 the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NICN, Lagos, court 6, sat over the matter of Nigerian dock workers. This is three years 688 dock workers from five contracting firms put together, have been laid off without their ten years entitlement and remuneration, owed by Energy Neftegas Limited, ENL, refusing to pay the workers.

This is more than four days that residents in Ugbekwankwo and other neighbouring streets hardly go to bed with eyes closed. Since Saturday 2 March, 2019 the whole entire neighbourhood has been boiling. People are now living with fear. Afraid of what might possibly happens to them the next minute. For a lot of people, the community is turning something else. 

Yesterday Friday 19/1/2019 at exactly 1:35pm at Ifelodun Local Council Development Area (LCDA). The All Progressives' Congress (APC) held a rally to declare the candidacy of its candidates to contest in the various offices.

Davy Fidel  "Layinka" for many people has being seen as the "black spot" of crime and domestic violence. It has been cast as the home that harbour criminals and waywardness. The home nothing good comes out from, unless; bottles, cutlasses and guns. And since the last violence that erupted August 21, 2018; where people were injured, properties damaged. The story has being Layinka is a monster in human flesh. 

After the last mayhem around September 2018, both inside and in front of the Local Government Secretariat in Ajegunle, where two gang group exchange fire arms that led to the death of at least 8  persons or thereabout. Since then, the deceased families hadn't been the same. Unable to recover from both the shock and their lost. 

AJEGUNLE - Supporters, friends, and members of SPN/DSM took active participation in the Door to Door,  House to House campaign initiated by SPN Ajegunle on Saturday 29/12/2018. At Aiyetoro (an annex in Ajegunle), at least three streets and thirty compounds were covered. Hundreds of the campaign leaflet were circulated. 

Davy Fidel  Usually every 25th is always fill up to the brim with gallons of galore. People dancing and singing songs to recreate their sad mold.

Marching from the flag off in the middle of one rural area in Ogun State where there were no motorable roads. Where all the roads are left in sorry state.