Epe Ancient City Tourism

25/10/2020

the protests everywhere, Epe witnesses calm with a week long workshop that engaged the youths:

Within the short period of creating Epe Ancient City Tourism, a platform meant to promote tourism potentials and business opportunities of the Epeland and projecting the good image to the world, some notable things have been recorded by this organization under the care of Princess Surah Olayemi Animashaun, the Supervisor for Environment & Tourism of Epe Local Government.
The activities done within this short period include; hosting of the Association of Women in Tourism business and tour operators, presentation at the 2020 World Tourism Day organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism on September 27th through Zoom where Epe was highly projected and emphasis was more on the fish market at (Oluwo market). During her presentation, Oluwo market was seen as the fish hub of Lagos.
The third (3) activities done by Epe Ancient City Tourism was the just concluded workshop at Court Hall, Ita-Opo, Epe where a Hundred (100)plus youths and women were trained in craft skills to make them bosses of themselves which in turn will create more job opportunities and indirectly affects the local economy of the Epeland.
The workshop was initially planned for three (3) days before the protest in the country but more days were added to it to make it a weeklong program that was tactically used to engaged the youths and took most of them off the street during the protest.
The workshop which was tagged “Waste to Wealth” started on Monday 19th - 23rd October, 2020 hosted by Princess Surah Olayemi Animashaun and was passionately supported and funded by one of the prominent sons of Epeland Honorable Abiodun Tobun representing Epe Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The participants were divided into two departments but three (3) groups.
The two departments are Coconut and Tyre whereby they created so many crafts from the use of coconut as their raw materials and the other department created different chairs and tables from the used Tyres.
From day one to the last day of the workshop was well attended by all participants and also well managed by the organizers.
On the final day, Friday 23rd at about 12:00noon, Hon. Abiodun Tobun worked into the venue with his entourage and his presence brought more life into the venue.
After observing the series of activities of the last day, the participants later exhibited all they have been doing from day one of the workshop to the last day. At the exhibition stand, Hon. Abiodun Tobun made it known to the participants that the initiative was brought to him by Princess Surah Olayemi Animashaun and because he saw the passion in her to develop and promote tourism of Epeland, he has no choice as a representative of the good people of Epe to support anything good for the growth of the land.
He stressed further, that he will support anywhere the organizers made available as a business hub for the participants with needed equipments and which he fulfilled immediately on the spot.
After his fulfillment on the equipments, certificate of participation was presented to each of the participants alongside a token for transportation to their various destinations.
In appreciation of the kind gesture from Hon. Abiodun Tobun, the participants of both Coconut & the Tyre departments jointly presented some of their products created at the workshop to him through the host and initiator of the workshop Princess Surah Olayemi Animashaun.
Hon. Tobun further appreciated the participants with more cash prizes and promised his continuous support to the organizers on their subsequent activities to the benefit of Epeland.
In the same vein, the Facilitator of the workshop and the team leader from Badagry who also doubled as the Supervisor for the Environment & Tourism of the Badagry Local Government, Hon. Apata Samson Nunayon explains in details the opportunities that surrounds the Tourism industry to the participants and encourage them all to put all they learned into practice as craft is one of the major tourism products that attracts daily incomes.

Reporting from:
The Office of the Supervisor for Environment & Tourism, Epe Local Government, Lagos.

13/10/2020

2020 WORLD FOOD DAY: LAGOS WANTS SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO EMBRACE AGRICULTURE

The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya has urged secondary school students in the State to grow into a more productive agricultural labour force as adults.

Olusanya made the call today in Lagos at the School Quiz Competition organised by the State Ministry of Agriculture as part of activities marking the Y2020 World Food Day Celebration in Lagos State.

She explained that the call became imperative because of the rampant unemployment, the vacuum being created by aged farmers, who are retiring from active farming, and the possible effects of the global food crisis.

The Acting Commissioner noted that the importance of the Agricultural Quiz Competition cannot be overemphasised as it aims to further stimulate the interest of students in Agriculture as a subject.

“The importance of this Agricultural Quiz Competition cannot, therefore, be overemphasised as it aims to further stimulate the interest of students in Agriculture by assisting them to recall and imbibe information on various aspects such as improved agricultural techniques and innovations”, Olusanya opined.

She pointed out that the State Government is committed to the attainment of sustainable food production, wealth and job creation through youth and women empowerment with significant private sector involvement, adding that the State Development Plan in Agriculture is to move the present local food production from 18% to 25% of the State’s food demand by the year 2025.

“It is our desire to provide food security and an enabling environment for our people to have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and hygienic food to maintain a healthy life. We have to imbibe the lessons learnt from the dwindling return from oil to encourage the participation of everybody in agriculture so that most of our basic needs could be met locally and we would be independent of others to feed ourselves”, the Acting Commissioner explained.

She stressed the need for adequate food supply and proper storage of food for emergencies is very important, noting that the COVID-19 pandemic reaffirmed the need for adequate reserves of food.

The World Food Day is celebrated worldwide every year on the 16th of October to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations in 1945, hence the grand finale would be celebrated in the State on Friday, October 16th, 2020.

The Schools’ Quiz Competition was won by Ansar-ud-deen Senior High School, Surulere while Ajara Senior Grammar School, Badagry came second and Abibat Mogaji Millennium Secondary School, Dopemu came third.

Miss Mary Aluko of Comprehensive Senior High School, Ketu, Alapere emerged the overall best student at the Competition.

The theme for this year’s World Food Day Celebration is “Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future”.

acient city tourism

12/10/2020

The Tourism potential of Epe which is now activated and open to the general public home and abroad to explore, becomes the new face of Epe Tourism and its development in promotion of the destination.

This development will require all efforts joined together to promote and boost our domestic tourism to an enviable outcome.

Under the administration of the Executive Chairman of Epe Local Government via the office of the Supervisor for Environment and Tourism we promise to make Epe environment conducive, secured and accessible for all. Tourism is Life.

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*Hon. (Princess) Animashaun Sura Olayemi* @⁨Surah Animashaun⁩
*Supervisor for Environment and Tourism, Epe LG*

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10/10/2020

Management in Lagos State wears a new face....

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) under the care of Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, the MD/CEO has promised to fully involve the participation of all necessary stakeholders especially the Lagos State Supervisors for the Environment at the various local governments in the state because of their closeness to the people at the grassroots.

Odumboni made this known during the stakeholders meeting held a week before the just concluded training.

The three (3) days LAWMA Capacity Building Workshop on Internal Controls And Business Monitoring of the PSP was a huge success.

A lot were revealed and learnt during the 9 sessions of the 3 days training ranging from how to structure and make internal control more effective in order to promote efficient operations of the PSP operators which will in turn make our environment more cleaner as it is key in the agenda of the Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu led government.

At the workshop were all PSP
operators, representatives of the Lagos State Supervisors for the Environment Forum and the LAWMA officials.

In summary, partnership brings about efficiency without stress.

To keep our environment clean, it begins with me....it begins with you !
Let’s get involved....

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Hon. Princess surah olayemi Animashaun Supervisor for Environment & Tourism, Epe Local Government.

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01/10/2020

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