Ojodu Mayor, Hon Segun Odunmbaku Reels Out Strides Within 100 Days In Office With Empowerment
The Executive Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, Lagos State, Hon Segun Odunmbaku, on Tuesday reeled out giant strides attained within 100 Days of execution of his HEYSRELOADED Agenda.
The ceremony brought together political leaders, traditional rulers, community stakeholders, youth groups, civil society organizations, and residents who gathered to acknowledge the Chairman’s transformative strides within the first 100 days of his renewed mandate.
The event also featured presentation of empowerment items giving out to beneficiaries, including laptops, printer, desktop monitor and CPU, sewing machine, embroidery machine, makeup box, inverter and solar panels, prescriptions eye glasses, clutches, oven, vulcanizing machine, Cobbling tools, multipurpose grinding machine, electrical toolbox, industrial gas cooker and cylinder, hair dryer, poultry feeds, plumbing toolbox, welding machine, electrical drill, clutch motor, fish feed, heat press machine, standing hair dryer, chest freezer, crushes wheelchairs, popcorn seeds, welding machine, shoe mould, industrial weaving machine, stoning machine and chairs and table covers, one hundred cash gift for 20 market women and fifty thousand cash gift to 50 people living with disabilities, fuel vouchers for Keke, Korope and Bus operators.
While addressing teeming constituents and stakeholders, Hon Odunmbaku stated, “My good people of Ojodu LCDA—leaders of thought, community stakeholders, youth champions, market pillars, artisans, professionals, our traditional institutions, and every resident who calls this community home—today marks 100 days since you renewed your mandate and entrusted me with the honour of continuing to serve as your Mayor”.
“This milestone is not a celebration of time passed. It is a report of stewardship. It is a moment of accountability, progress, and purpose-driven governance.”
“When this administration began its second term, we made a commitment:
Governance must be visible. Governance must be measurable. Governance must be felt.
Across every street, market, school, and community within Ojodu LCDA, the impact of this mandate must be tangible. Today, we present not promises—but results.
INTRODUCTION: A RENEWED VISION – HEYS RELOADED
Our first term birthed the HEYS Agenda—Health, Education, Youth & Women Development, and Social Infrastructure—our framework for holistic development.
This second term ushers in HEYS RELOADED: a bolder, more ambitious, more transformative agenda. Whatever successes we recorded in the past will be modest compared to what we are unfolding now.
The renewed mandate you have given us is a reminder that leadership succeeds only when it is anchored on the people. In Ojodu LCDA, we do not govern for the people—we govern with the people.
1. INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT
A functional community is the foundation of growth. In the last 100 days, we executed strategic interventions to strengthen our physical environment and enhance movement, commerce, and community safety.
Our interventions include:
• Rehabilitation and grading of key inner roads to improve mobility.
• Completion and ongoing construction of major drainages to mitigate flooding.
• Modernization of the council secretariat and construction of a new ultramodern office complex.
• Construction of a new marriage registry and customary court building.
• Reconstruction of the council gatehouse to accommodate multiple security agencies, NDLEA office.
• Upgrades on Adesina/Adeniyi Oke, Yusuf Street, Odunmbaku Street, Bakare Street, and other strategic corridors.
Infrastructure renewal is not an event; it is an ongoing process. These projects mark the beginning of our accelerated development blueprint.
2. HEALTH & SOCIAL WELFARE
A healthy people are a productive people. In the first 100 days, we delivered unprecedented interventions:
• One of the largest free medical missions in our history—held in partnership with Eko Club Atlanta.
• Thousands benefited from health screenings, medications, dental checks, cancer tests, malaria tests, and specialized reviews for keloids, lipoma, hernia, breast lumps, and more.
• Over 600 successful mini surgeries, restoring hope to families across the LCDA.
Employed over 150***
• Strategic upgrades of Powerline PHC, Akiode PHC, and Gbadamosi PHC—all undergoing modernization and nearing commissioning.
• Launch of E-Birth Registration in Ojodu LCDA.
• Environmental health campaigns to promote cleaner, safer communities.
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Health insurance for 500 people through LASHMA
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Facilitated SDG mini general hospital.
Our goal remains simple: quality healthcare must be accessible, affordable, and close to the people.
3. EDUCATION, DIGITAL LITERACY & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Education remains the ultimate equalizer, and we are committed to ensuring that no child in Ojodu is left behind.
Key accomplishments include:
• Distribution of educational materials—bags, exercise books, and learning essentials—to pupils across all public primary schools.
• Financial empowerment of teachers with ₦1.5 million to enhance classroom delivery.
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5th edition of teachers empowerment.
• Free GCE forms and tutorial support for secondary school students.
• Technology Capacity Kits (TCK) training for early digital literacy in primary schools, over 500 kids across our primary schools.
• ICT training for 40 youths, HTA training for 10 youths, and soiless farming training for 10 others.
• Certification of 150 young people from the ICITP Certification Programme.
• Launch of mentorship and career development clinics.
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CNG conversion training
We are building a pipeline of confident, future-ready youths equipped for the digital economy.
4. EMPOWERMENT, ECONOMIC INCLUSION & SOCIAL SUPPORT
Prosperity must be inclusive, and no hardworking citizen should be left behind. Our economic empowerment efforts include:
• Distribution of tools, equipment, and vocational starter packs to artisans and small business owners.
• Support for market women and nano-traders through cash grants and business tools. 100,000
• Expansion of the THRIVE Microfinance Scheme—our zero-interest credit programme for SMEs.
• Dedicated support to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) under the HEYS Reloaded inclusion mandate—wheelchairs, crutches, walking aids, BP monitors, and mobility equipment.
• Food palliative programmes to cushion economic pressures.
Today, we also unveil:
• 40 laptops for graduates of our Digital Skills Programme.
• OjoduWorks App—built by our ICT unit to showcase artisans and service providers to be launched this week.
• Fuel vouchers for Keke, Korope, and Bus operators starting from tomorrow.
• Distribution of 500 health diaries and 150 reading glasses.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
To strengthen community resilience:
• Deployment of solar-powered boreholes across multiple communities.
• Expansion of drainage networks.
• Renovation of palaces, community structures, and civic buildings, traditional shrines and cultural festivals.
LOOKING AHEAD – A FUTURE BUILT ON PEOPLE, DATA & DELIVERY
The next phase of our administration is about acceleration.
Our priorities include:
• Full modernization of all PHCs.
• Scaled SME credit access.
• Expanded digital training and certifications to our teeming youths.
• Aggressive road and drainage execution.
• Growing soilless farming clusters from inputs, farm land for our AFAM community.
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School uniform for our kids across the LCDA
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Solarization of our schools
• Consolidated youth enterprise models.
• Full operationalization of HEYS RELOADED.
I extend my gratitude to the President
• Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
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GAC, MHR
• Our party leaders, elders, and supporters.
• The legislative arm for their cooperation.
• Our hardworking staff led by the Council Manager.
• Our community leaders, youth and women groups.
• The wonderful people of Ojodu LCDA.
In these 100 days, we planted seeds of progress. Together, we will nurture them into a harvest of prosperity.
Ojodu LCDA… Moving Forward!
Together… We Prosper! Thank you, and God bless!” Hon. Odunmbaku concluded.
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