March 29, 2025, about one thousand residents of Mainland/Yaba Local Areas of Lagos State, smiled home with food items and cash donated by a Mainland based politician, Alhaji Ibrahim Alao Megida.

The event which took place with a special prayers at the Orepeju Social Club, Cemetery Street Ebute-Metta, was specially organized in celebration of the 73rd birthday anniversary of the nation’s leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,

Torrents of prayers were rendered for the nation’s leader, President Bola Tinubu, and Hon Tunji Bello, Patron of MIG, for his philanthropic contribution in uplifting the APC in Mainland/Yaba and his regular empowerment drives which had gone a long way in alleviating the severe plight of the needy.

Megida’s philanthropic gesture generated quite a considerable stir of excitement, as the hall erupted with a roaring applause and a resonating chant of “Megida For Chairman Yaba LCDA by appreciative mass of beneficiaries and attendees, who swore to stand solidly by the Yaba LCDA chieftain, in the bid to ensure that he unfailingly becomes the next chairman of Yaba LCDA.

“For many decades, Megida had stood in without wavering, in support of progressive cause. He had been a kingmaker, he had played crucial role in enthroning state governors, senators, members of the House of Assembly and House of Reps.

“In fact, if you take a roll call of Local government Chairmen in the Old Mainland Local Government and later Yaba LCDA, you would surely see the bold role and influence of Megida, visibly written as an indisputable Kingmaker, whose support had been largely instrumental to their success in attaining the post, says Oyedeji Tunji Oshelu, a frontline entertainment entrepreneur.

He described Alhaji Megida as a seasoned politician, grassroot mobilizer and tactician whose mastery of grassroots leadership is not only prodigious but unsurpassable. He needs our support this time around, to become the next Chairman, Yaba LCDA, said the notable entertainment entrepreneur, who is also an influential community leader.

Frontline educationist, Alhaja Folashade Morenikeji, described Megida as God’s gift to Mainlanders and Yaba L.C.D.A.in particular. It is unbelievable that one could serve a community selflessly as Megida had done, without looking back both in his personal capacity and through the aegis of MIG which he had used in turning the lives of many people around, from different walks of life, while also contributing so immensely to the political success of quite a lot of our prominent politicians in the Lagos State, and yet neglect his own personal interest.

In fact, this is why we would all need to rally together to ensure that Megida becomes the new Chairman, Yaba LCDA Insha Allah”

According to her, Megida had been loyal in his undiluted service to the high and the low, the rich and poor, the widows orphans, artisans, market men and women. He had always supported the progressive tendencies and had never wavered, but rather remained loyal at all times. This indeed should be pay back time for Megida, we must all ensure at all cost, that we join hands together to vote him in with landslide victory as the next chairman, Yaba LCDA.

Kehinde Rufai, Ward A Oto, Olanrewaju Kabir, Basirat Abdulkareem, who spoke on behalf of the teeming mass of beneficiaries, also each took time to extol the virtue of the veteran grassroots mobiliser whom they described as a bridge-builder, and a connecting link between the rich and, Christians and Muslims, and the young and old.

“We may not have known nor ever met Sanwo-Olu or any of the political big wigs, but for sure, we know Megida. He is the connecting link between the voiceless lots like us one hand, and the government on the other hand.

“It is through him that we feel the pulse of the government. We consult him daily for employment, for financial assistance, among several other things. And he will never hesitate in using his connection in making due representation on our behalf.

“Some other people in his shoes would have used their connections with people like Honorable Tunji Bello to maximize their own personal interest, but not so with Alhaji Megida, who as the co-ordinator of MIG had always brought his influence to bear in mid-wifing regular empowerment drive through the beneficial philanthropy of our leader and Patron, Hon Tunji Bello. It is therefore high time, we accord him a maximum support.

Also speaking, eminent Islamic cleric, Alhaji Sheikh Ismael Adebayo Idris, and Alhaja Odusote, wife of Chief Imam, Mainland Local Government Council, Prayed for Hon Tunji Bello whose philanthropy has impacted considerably on people from various walks of lives in Mainland. They also lent their voices in support of Megida adding that “a man who had done so much in support of APC and President Tinubu, and had equally done so much for the people from diverse walks of life, if we support him to realize his political ambition as the next Chairman Yaba LCDA, he will surely achieve more.”

Speaking on the occasion, Megida described Tinubu as one of the greatest leaders to have passed through the African continent, urging Nigerians to appreciate and support him more than ever before, for his unparalleled devotion in the onerous drive to elevate Nigeria to national greatness.

Noting that Tinubu is a God-chosen leader, Megida remarked that Tinubu will not only secure a second term, but also complete it and lead the nation to unprecedented greatness.

Megida who is also a Special Assistant on Politics to the FCCPC boss, Mr. Tunji Bello also seized the opportunity of the occasion to give great thanks to the latter, who is also Patron of the MIG, for the immense role he had been playing in Mainland Local government politics.

“The immense role which my boss Hon Tunji Bello had played in making me who I am today, is something that cannot just be mentioned in a jiffy. It will take a whole book to write. Same for our group the Mainland Independent Group (MIG) our Great party APC, and indeed quite a lot of people in
whose lives, our Leader, Hon Tunji Bello had been able to make quite a lot of difference.”

Infact,it is the product of my boss,Hon Tunji Bello’s effort in my life,that I am able to stand before you here,to be doing what I’m doing today,and it is therefore my prayer that the Almighty Allah above will continue to prosper him,” Megida prayed.