Senator Tokunbo Abiru Meets LASCOTA, Urges Tradesmen To Take Advantage Of N300M Lagos East Business Loan*

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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA has urged Tradesmen and Artisans in the Lagos East District to avail themselves of the N300M Lagos East Constituency Intervention Revolving Loan at a very concessional six percent interest.


The Senator disclosed this when he met with the Lagos East leadership of the Lagos State Council of Tradesmen And Artisans (LASCOTA) at his constituency office in Ikorodu on Saturday. 


Abiru, a former Lagos State Commissioner of Finance said enabling affordable loans for businesses is the only sustainable way of entrenching prosperity in the society. According to him , that is real empowerment. 


The Senator urged LASCOTA,  the  umbrella body of Artisans and Tradesmen in Lagos with over fifty different Artisan Associations and Trades to encourage their members in the Lagos East District to apply for the loan when it comes live in April 2022.


The Lagos East Chairperson of LACOSTA, Mrs Funmilola David, thanked the Senator for the unprecedented achievements he has recorded in the last 13 months. She said LACOSTA is ready to work and collaborate with the Senator in the deepening of his interventions to the grassroots.


A former Lagos State lawmaker, Mrs Adebimpe Akinsola and Otunba (Dr) Saheed Oladapo Ibikunle, Special Adviser To Senator Constituency Matters who were also at the parley appreciated the LACOSTA leadership for acknowledging the great works of the Senator. They assured that greater things are underway.


The Senator conducted LASCOTA leadership around the Senator Abiru Innovation Lab (SAIL ), a tech and Innovation space which is currently situated at the Constituency Office. Secondary School students between ages 12 and 18 were in class for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) training.





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