- Abdulwasiu Kayode Bawa-Allah, the federal commissioner representing Lagos State at the federal character commission, has called for all indigenous Lagosians to work together to achieve greater Lagos, greater unity, and a louder voice.
- Bawa-Allah emphasized the importance of unity among IBILE Group members in promoting indigenous Lagosians’ socioeconomic interests.
- He expressed his enthusiasm for the overall success of the IBILE Eko Summit event.
Abdulwasiu Kayode Bawa-Allah, the federal commissioner representing Lagos state at the federal character commission, has called for all indigenous Lagosians to work together to achieve greater Lagos, greater unity, and a louder voice at the 2025 general assembly of the Lagos indigenous associations powered by IBILE Eko Group.
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Bawa Allah discussed this during an interview at the IBILE Eko Summit, “Greater unity, louder voice,” which took place on Thursday, February 27, 2025, at Muson Center Onikan Lagos state.
He emphasized the importance of unity among IBILE Group members in promoting indigenous Lagosians’ socioeconomic interests, and urged Lagosians to support one another, develop their own, and collaborate to create the Lagos of their dreams. His remarks underscored the importance of unity and collective effort in achieving a brighter future for Lagos.
“In order for Lagos of our dream to be achieved. There is need for all of us to be re-awakened, we all need to come together and move our dear Lagos state to its position of dream, look for your own, encourage your own, that way the space that is being occupied by non-indigenes can be occupied by one of our own,“ he said.
Bawa-Allah continued by expressing his enthusiasm for the overall success of the IBILE Eko Summit event. He congratulated the organizers, participants, and all Lagosians, acknowledging the significance of the event in promoting unity and collective effort among indigenous Lagosians.
“Let me start by saying congratulations to the IBILE Eko summit and congratulations to all Lagosians. It is indeed a day of pleasure. It is an idea that truly the day has come, and we spoke candidly, we opened our hearts to one another, and we recognized that one individual cannot move lagos to its position of dream.” He added.
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The IBILE Eko is an association of indigenous Lagosians created on February 24, 2021, under the pioneering leadership of the late prince Hakeem Adelani Adeniji Adele and is currently presided over by Mr. Olasupo Shasore SAN.
IBILE is an acronym for the administrative old divisions of Lagos State used when it was created as a modern state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos Island, and Epe.
