{"id":13688,"date":"2025-04-25T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=13688"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:59:02","slug":"biodun-coker-charts-a-new-course-for-lagos-island-through-digital-literacy-healthcare-access-and-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/biodun-coker-charts-a-new-course-for-lagos-island-through-digital-literacy-healthcare-access-and-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodun Coker Charts a New Course for Lagos Island Through Digital Literacy, Healthcare Access, and Food Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a bid to transform Lagos Island into a self-sustaining, transparent, and tech-powered local government, renowned chartered accountant and grassroots advocate, Biodun Coker, has unveiled an ambitious development blueprint centered on digital empowerment, healthcare access, youth engagement, and infrastructural renewal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coker, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and founder of the Biodun Coker Foundation, has earned widespread recognition for his impactful community initiatives. <\/span><\/p>\n

Through his foundation, he has trained over 790 youths in digital literacy under the Lagos Island Information Technology (LIIT) Programme, donated ICT equipment to public schools, awarded over \u20a62 million in academic scholarships, and provided free JAMB CBT training for 1,000 students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy mission is to make Lagos Island a self-sustaining, transparent, tech-powered local government rooted in people-centric development initiatives,\u201d Coker stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also spearheaded the Lagos Island Wellness Initiative (LIWI), providing comprehensive HMO policies to 1,000 residents for free, and trained over 60 community security personnel to enhance public safety. <\/span><\/p>\n

His efforts have not gone unnoticed as 64 community development executives were also trained and empowered under his leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under his clear roadmap, tagged the Ironrun De I.M.P.A.C.T framework, Coker outlines a six-point agenda focusing on:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Infrastructure and Revenue Growth<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Market Development and Food Security<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Public Health and Sanitation<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Access to Quality Education and Digital Literacy<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Community Development, Social Welfare, and Security<\/span><\/p>\n

He plans to launch several strategic programs including the Lagos Island Data Administration Portal (LIDA) for e-governance, Iyewo Irorun for annual health check-ups, and the Irorun Welfare Scheme to cater to vulnerable citizens and persons with disabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n

Food security will be tackled through the Ounje Irorun initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a bid to transform Lagos Island into a self-sustaining, transparent, and tech-powered local government, renowned chartered accountant and grassroots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13691,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13688\/revisions\/13691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}