The day of the artistes, actors, entertainers at LASRRA’s outing with BRF

Her name is Yinka Fashola, the boss behind the successful on-going LASRRA registration. For over twenty years, she was in Britain contributing her own quota to the British economy.

However, the woman, who is very intelligent, earned the recognition of her junior brother, Governor Fashola and he put her there because she is capable.

Since the inception of LASRRA, Ms Yinka Fashola has been wonderfully performing the registration exercise. She is always up and doing and making sure that everything goes well. Every time you meet her, she is always radiating joy and happiness. She is also very confident.

With her impeccable English, she is no doubt a woman of substance. Only recently, an idea came to her head that artistes, actors and actresses, comedians deserve to be given a special day for registration, known at the back of her mind that many people would be eager to meet them and this would ultimately increase the success of the programme.

Because people would swarm around them, what did she do? She enveloped more than one hundred artistes into the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa strictly for registration purposes with other important personalities and state officials.

It was a big and interesting outing as artistes, actors, actresses and comedians interacted and hugged themselves while throwing banters here and there.

There is n doubt that this is another plus for Ms Yinka Fashola and we are very sure that she has not disappointed her brother who put her there.

Though the governor was not there, he was ably represented by the commissioner for science and Technology, Mr. Adebiyi Mabadeje urged urged all practitioners and professionals in the entertainment industry to register and to also encourage their families, friends, fans and other residents in the state to register with the Lagos Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA).

The governor said this was to enable the state government know the actual number of Lagos residents so that it could provide adequate service, employment, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure for its residents.

Speaking recently at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Lagos State secretariat Alausa, Ikeja, venue of the Special Registration Exercise organised by LASRRA for this group, the governor, who was represented by his Hon. Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Adebiyi Mabadeje, said that the essence of registration goes beyond data gathering. He said that it would enable the representatives of government to plan appropriately for the needs of Lagos residents.

Fashola also explained that the state government was engaging with the people in the entertainment world because of the successes they have recorded in their chosen careers, their role model status and the leadership position they occupy in the society. He told them that government chose to talk to them as a special group because it hopes and believes that they would help spread the message by leading the registration campaign.

The Governor said that although the state had made giant strides, especially in the area of infrastructural development and security, the laudable exercise would help government to determine exactly how many residents are in Lagos State. He also assured the practitioners that data, which would be collected by LASRAA from them would be kept confidential.

BRF concluded his address by calling on everybody, who must have lived in Lagos for at least six months to ensure that he or she register with LASRRA, regardless of ethnicity or nationality. He announced that the exercise is absolutely free.

In her own speech, the general manager of LASRRA, Ms Yinka Fashola, said that her agency is currently collecting demographic data on all residents of the state to enable the government to adequately and efficiently plan for the people of the state in order to allocate resources to meet their needs.

Ms Fashola, however explained that actors, actresses, musicians, producers, editors, back stage crew, stage hands, cameramen and others, play vital roles in the development of the state. She said that the presence of this set of people usually elicit positive response from people explaining that cities that have large numbers of Aritistes do experience economic growth.

The general manger also told them that the state cannot grow and develop only in infrastructure but it must encompass the creativity of its residents and urged them to register.

According to her, the registration is free and cuts across religion, nationality, age, gender and ethnic origin. She said that knowing their demographic would enable the government to plan as it recognizes the economic needs that would be solved from their taxation in the state. And this, Ms Fashola said would have impact on the development plan of Lagos. She ended her speech by appealing to all of them to get involved in the development of Lagos state by registering with LASRRA.

Some of the celebrities arrived at the venue early enough and had their registration exercise even before the event proper. They have also commended the Lagos state government for this laudable initiative. Those at the event included , the legend, King Sunny Ade; Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello, Jide Kosoko; Kate Henshaw; Bimbo Akintola;  Idowu Philips (Mama  Rainbow); Segun Arinze, Mr. Yinka Ogundaisi, Alli Baba, Papa Ajasco, amongst other popular musicians, actors and actresses