LSSTF HOSTS 16TH ANNUAL TOWN HALL MEETING; GOV. SANWO-OLU CALLS FOR LAGOSIANS’ SHARED RESPONSIBILITY ON SECURITY FUNDING • CEO Balogun says governor ‘has exhibited courage’, desires 4 more years of progressive administration
By Oki Samson, Trek Africa Newspaper
L-R: Board Chairman of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Mr Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti; Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Executive Secretary/CEO, LSSTF, Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun; board member, Dr Ayo Ogunsan and Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bahir Jamoh during the 16th annual town hall meeting on Security with the Governor.
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If Lagos is to become the safest, most secure, and most prosperous commercial location in Africa, just as Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) envisions, then all indigenes, residents, and everyone who calls Lagos home must participate actively in funding and support of all security agencies, ideals, and initiatives of Lagos no matter how seemingly small or large. This is why the Lagos State Security Trust Fund organizes an Annual Town Hall Meeting to intimate Lagosians about the strides it is making towards security in Lagos. Today, Trek Africa Newspaper can report that the 16th edition held at the Civic Center, Lagos.
In his address at the town hall meeting, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu acknowledged that the LSSTF has done consistently ‘so much with so little’ and believes that Lagosians should ‘have a leg and an arm’ to support the model which has worked, stand the test of time, and is responsive year-on-year.
R-L: Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2, AIG Adeleke Adeyinka Bode; Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, CP Abiodun Alabi; Commander, 9 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Isangubong Akpaumontia; Commander, NNS Beecroft of Nigeria Navy, Commodore Malami Haruna; Director, Department of State Services (DSS) Lagos, Sheu Muhammad Wasiri; Representative of the Sector Commander, FRSC Lagos Command; Commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos Command, Commandant Eweka Okoro and General Manager, LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba during the 16th annual town hall meeting on Security with the Governor, themed “LSSTF stewardship: A Review of our activities in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda of the Lagos State Government” at the Civic Center, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island.
The Governor who was an acting Chairman of the board of trustees in the first 4 years of the Fund added: ‘The consequences of our inaction can better be imagined. The effects of insecurity leaves nobody. Let’s not see it as a Sanwo-Olu failing. Let’s not see it as a government failing. Let’s keep it working for us all.’
‘I give you my assurance that as your Governor, I will continue to take the lead in providing a safe and secure environment for the prosperity of all. However, it must be said and again that we cannot do it alone. We need your support on this journey to improve security in Lagos State. We need you to stand with us, with donations in cash and in kind: equipment, expertise and intelligence’, Trek Africa Newspaper can report.
Urgently calling for funding and support by entire Lagos population, the Executive Secretary/CEO of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun said ‘in the 16 years of its operations, the Fund has deployed several strategies for fundraising some successful some not. There have been ups and downs but the fund has endured. Our model is based on voluntary donations as the government has resisted the urge to levy organizations and individuals but this may become expedient moving forward.’
L-R: Board Chairman of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Mr Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Executive Secretary/CEO, LSSTF, Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun during the 16th annual town hall meeting on Security with the Governor.
‘We are working closely with the Board of Trustees of the Fund and Mr. Governor to rejig the workings of the Fund to reposition it for the task ahead. The Fund has always been a trailblazer and it will continue to show others the way through its resourcefulness and proactiveness and we shall be unveiling our plans soon’, Trek Africa Newspaper gathered.
He then praised Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu for his support of the LSSTF project. ‘The last 3 years of this administration has been fraught with some landmark mishaps yet Mr. Governor has exhibited courage, resilience, and vision in steering the state out of these precarious situations. These attributes are needed at this critical time hence we look forward to another prosperous, progressive, and rewarding 4 years of this administration in Lagos State.’
L-R: Executive Secretary/CEO, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun; Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan; Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bahir Jamoh and Hon Jimi Benson.
In his speech at the town hall meeting, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Sylvester Abiodun Alabi gave a detailed description of the performance of the Lagos State Police Command. Notably, the ban on motorcycles operation declared by Lagos State Governor is yielding immense result. ‘It is gratifying to noted that with all hands on deck incidents such as robbery in traffic, trailing and robbing of bank customers are becoming a thing of the past in the state. With the continuous enforcement of the ban on motorcycles operation in major parts of the state, incidents of robbery in traffic occasioned by the use of motorcycle as a getaway have become a thing of the past’, the CP affirmed.
Trek Africa Newspaper can reliably report that members of the Lagos State cabinet were at the town hall meeting to grace the event. They include the Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo; Commissioner for Budget, Sam Egube; Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, Board Member of LSSTF, Dr. Ayo Ogunsan among others.
Dignitaries present include the AIG Zone 2, AIG Bode Adeleke; Commander, 9 Brigade Nigerian Army Command, Brigadier General Isangubong Akpaumontia; Commander, NNS Beecroft of Nigeria Navy, Commodore Malami Haruna; Director, Department of State Services (DSS) Lagos, Sheu Muhammad Wasiri; Air Commodore Martins as represented; FRSC CC Olusegun Ogungbemide represented by Tajudeen Mafe; Commandant of NSCDC Lagos, Eweka Douglas; Director-General/CEO of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh; the GM of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba; the GM of Lagos Neighborhood Safety Agency (LNSA), Prince Ifalade Oyekan, and the Director of Nigeria Corrections Service, Lagos, Mr. Freedman.
L-R: A special guest in a warm handshake with the Executive Secretary/CEO, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun (left) with Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan (m).
Others are the Member of Lagos Governor’s Advisory Council, Sen. Anthony Adefuye;
Federal House of Reps Committee Chairman on Defence, Hon. Babajimi Benson; Engagement Partner at Ernst and Young, Mrs. Oluwasayo Elumaro; the former DIG Waheed Olusegun Kazeem; former IGP Alhaji Musiliu Smith; immediate past APC Chairman Lagos State; Alh. Tunde Balogun; the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu represented by the White capped chiefs; the Ojora of Ijoraland, Oba Aromire represented by Chief Hakeem Ojora; Imam Tijani Gbajabiamila; the Iyaloja General of Lagos, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo; the MD/CEO of Sujimoto Construction, Sijibomi Ogundele; MD/CEO of Slot Group, Mr. Nnamdi Ezeigbo among many others.
The Governor fielded questions from the members of the audience during the Town Hall Meeting. Further, special recognition awards were given to the FCMB, Sterling Bank, Nigeria Ports Authority, Lagos State Gaming company, Mr. Ebeano and company, and other longstanding donors of the Fund.
L-R: Executive Director, Zenith Bank Plc; Former Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, AIG Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu (rtd) and Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan
R-L: Governor, Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a warm handshake with the Director General, Nigeria Maritime Security Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh during the 16th annual town hall meeting on Security with the Governor.
L-R: Executive Secretary/CEO, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun; General Manager, Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency, LNSA, Dr. Prince Ifalade Ajasa Oyekan; Commander, NNS Beecroft of Nigeria Navy, Commodore Malami Haruna; Director, Department of State Services (DSS) Lagos, Sheu Muhammad Wasiri; Commander, 9 Brigade Nigerian Army Command, Brigadier General Isangubong Akpaumontia; Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr Abiodun Alabi; Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Assistant Inspector General of Police in-charge of Zone 2, AIG Adeyinka Adeleke and Commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos Command, Commandant Eweka Okoro, during the 16th annual town hall meeting on Security with the Governor.
Governor, Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (m); Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2, AIG Adeleke Adeyinka Bode (4th right); Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, CP Abiodun Alabi (3rd left); with Area Commanders and DPOs in Lagos Command
L-R: A special guest; Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2, AIG Adeleke Adeyinka Bode and Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan
L-R: Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2, AIG Adeleke Adeyinka Bode; Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan and Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, CP Abiodun Alabi
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi
Former Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, AIG Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu (rtd) (2nd right) with Lagos White Cap Chiefs. 
Iyaloja General of Lagos, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo (2nd left) with Lagos White Cap Chiefs. 
L-R: General Manager, LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba; Director, Nigeria Corrections Service, Lagos, Mr. Freedman; Commandant, NSCDC Lagos Command, Commandant Eweka Okoro; Deputy Sector Commander, FRSC Lagos, Tajudeen Mafe
L-R: Executive Secretary/CEO, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun; Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan and a guest
L-R: Director, Nigeria Corrections Service, Lagos, Mr. Freedman; Commandant, NSCDC Lagos Command, Commandant Eweka Okoro; Deputy Sector Commander, FRSC Lagos, Tajudeen Mafe
L-R: Executive Secretary/CEO, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun; Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Zone 2, AIG Adeleke Adeyinka Bode; Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, CP Abiodun Alabi; Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan
R-L: Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu presenting an appreciation award to the CEO of Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LSLGA), Mr Bashir Abiola-Are, during the 16th annual town hall meeting on Security with the Governor, themed “LSSTF stewardship: A Review of our activities in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda of the Lagos State Government” at the Civic Center, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, on Thursday, November 24, 2022. With them: Executive Secretary/CEO of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun and the Board Chairman of LSSTF, Mr Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti.
L-R: Former Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, AIG Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu (rtd); Chairman, PCRC Lagos State, Apostle Kehinde Showemimo; Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi; General Manager, LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba; a guest; Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan and others
L-R: Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan and Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi
L-R: Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi; a guest; Board Member, LSSTF, Dr Ayo Ogunsan and MD/CEO, Badinson Security LTD, Mr Matthew Ibadin.
L-R: Chairman, Lagos Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye and DPO Victoria Island, CSP Taiwo Oyewale
