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In this piece, Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy highlights the air of camaraderie that pervaded the business of governance through teleconferecing last Monday.

Banters here and there, waving of hands and laughter.

“Can you see me?” Am I connected?” “Yeah, I’m here”.

Suddenly, at about 11.05am, the Chairman enters and announces his presence by calling the house to order. All is quiet.

It was an exciting moment this morning at the Lagos State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting – the first-ever virtual meeting in the history of governance in the State. Nigeria? Well, not clear.

The Chairman is no other person than Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu. The Deputy Chair is Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor.

Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso said the meeting was held via Zoom, a free HD meeting application with video and screen sharing for up to 100 people.

It was all in compliance with the directive against gatherings as part of the anti-Coronavirus battle-plan.

“The meeting was slated for 10.45am but almost all EXCO had hooked up to the system by 10.00am, awaiting the arrival of Mr. Governor to kickstart deliberations for the day,” Omotoso said.

Governor Sanwo-Olu came online at about 11.05am. On top of the agenda was the review of the management of COVID-19, especially the provision of additional isolation centres; the fumigation of the State against the spread of the virus, and the package for the less-privileged and daily income earners, the indigent.

“The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Gbolahan Lawal briefed on the distribution of the relief packages to local governments and local council development areas. reviewed areas where teething problems occurred and proffered ideas to solve identified problems,” he added.

There were comments by some . As the debates and clarifications went on, the Chairman announced that those eager to speak should spend a minute each

While acknowledging the excitement of for being part of the first virtual meeting of the Lagos State Executive Council, the Commissioner said the feat affirmed that governance in Lagos will proceed seamlessly despite the 14-day restriction announced by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are on a 14-day lockdown.

“ were in high spirits. Some of us were in our offices; others attended the online meeting from the comfort of their homes. With this historic achievement, residents are assured that governance in Lagos State will continue, irrespective of the situation around us,” Omotoso asserted.

The idea of the online meeting was mooted by Governor Sanwo-Olu, who directed the Ministry of Science and Technology to facilitate it. The Special Adviser (Innovation and Technology), Mr. Olatunbosun Alake, moderated the meeting, reading out the dos and don’ts of the session which Science and Technology Commissioner, Hakeem Fahm described as “historic”.

“We should let our people know about this,” Waterfront Infrastructure Development Commissioner, Kabiru Ahmed said excitedly after the meeting.

https://thenationonlineng.net/how-lagos-made-history-with-virtual-exco-meeting/

Necessity is the mother of invention.

And a day after Sanwo-Olu, British Prime Minister, Borris Johnson followed

Lagos too much abeg, always showing us its far ahead of the whole Nigeria

But why is kabiru sleeping on duty


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Made history as in how na .. oh...maybe they are the first state government in Nigeria to have virtual conferences

Anyway,

When a man wakes up is his own morning .....Chinua Achebe (1986)



Good Morning Lagos...Hope you slept well

Ok

Kogi na lizard them leaders be

Na news b this abi

T

Na now day just dey break for Nigeria

Hope we can now adopt this means from now on and save ourselves the cost of sitting allowance

SMH
I know it's cool but this shouldn't be making the news na as something that made history

Ignorance is a disease.

Congratulations, however, no right-thinking being would consider this news. In your quest for clout, you went ahead to compare him with the BPM. I hope you fully understand what you are doing.

You are mentioning a country that knows what they are doing with a corruption-ridden Lagos State. Shameless people, they went ahead to snap the screen with their not pleasant to see faces

Pls STOP displaying your village life online...

My children attend classes online.

You hear me, my children in 6th & 10th Grade study every day online because of this Coronavirus stuff.

A whole Lagos Government is showing off. Why can't they do it for all the children/students in the state. Shameless people...

Rubbish!

Africa Sha....3rd world country!..SmH

Wonderful

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See ehn, Naija civil servants are very backward, I swear.
Virtual meetings that some of us in the private sector got exposed to over 15yrs ago
is still a big surprise to them.

I hope other Africans on this forum don't make mockery of us.

Shame on The Nations Newspaper for finding this crab newsworthy.

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Better

Good

Our leaders can always do the right thing,if they choose to.

The Coronavirus is making people the world over to think out of the box. People are now working from home. Students are taking classes online. Churches are having worship online. Even tithes, offerings are now being paid online. Life as we know it has changed. If our leaders were 'humans', nobody would be applauding politicians for having an online meeting. We have a looooong way to go in Nigeria

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nice one

You guys have not seen a virtual wedding before?

Nice concept

stickle:
https://thenationonlineng.net/how-lagos-made-history-with-virtual-exco-meeting/

From the Bourdillon press.
Virtual exco meeting in a state without basic human development elements of health, education, water, roads, green space for recreation etc.
Who is fooling who except the Thiefnuibu praise singers



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Oh please! I've been doing this with my staffs since 2015

Good one, Lagos always taking the lead

I don't think government should be holding meeting through a medium that is not state-owned...