BREAKING: Lagos West Lawmakers Cease GAC’s Transfer To Return Obasa As Speaker

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Lagos West Lawmakers stopped GAC’s transfer to return Obasa as Speaker.

 

PoliticalNews Nigeria studies that the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) of the Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) convened an emergency assembly on Monday with members of the Lagos State Home of Meeting to deal with the continuing management disaster.

 

The disaster started when the previous Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, was eliminated in absentia on January 13, 2025, by 32 out of 40 Meeting members over allegations {of financial} misappropriation, misconduct, and high-handedness. He was changed by his former deputy, Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, because the substantive Speaker. The transfer sparked conflicting reactions amongst GAC members, social gathering devoted, and the general public.

 

Following Obasa’s removing, divisions throughout the GAC deepened.

 

The essential assembly, which started round midday, passed off at Lagos Home, Marina—the official residence of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. It was chaired by Pa Tajudeen Olusi, chief of the GAC, the apex decision-making physique of the APC in Lagos.

 

The GAC had beforehand held the same assembly two weeks earlier on the similar venue to debate developments on the state Meeting.

 

Through the hours-long session, which noticed widespread attendance from GAC members and Meeting lawmakers, there was overwhelming help for Meranda’s continued management regardless of opposition.

 

The important thing subject mentioned was the necessity for regional stability within the Meeting management. With each the present Governor and newly elected Speaker hailing from Lagos Central, some GAC members advocated ceding the Speakership to Lagos West. Nonetheless, this proposal didn’t achieve traction.

 

Lawmakers from Lagos West, comprising about 20 members, stood agency of their help for Meranda, rejecting the GAC’s proposal and successfully solidifying her place as Speaker.

 

It was gathered that Obasa enjoys backing from influential members of the Tinubu household and caucus, who had been pressuring the GAC to take motion.

 

Regardless of this, Meranda retained her place as Speaker, prompting jubilant celebrations amongst lawmakers and Meeting workers.

 

“The try to interchange Meranda as Speaker failed. The discussions primarily centered on balancing the management between senatorial districts,” a supply disclosed.

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