POLITICS
After 49 days, Meranda resigns as Obasa makes dramatic return as Lagos Assembly Speaker
The lawmakers described Meranda as a hero of democracy
What started as whispers and speculation over the past days came to life Monday as Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly reinstated Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker after Mojisola Meranda was apparently forced to step down by powerful elements. This ostensibly ends 49 days of the speakership crisis.
BRANDECONOMY reports that Obasa returned as the Speaker following the resignation of the former speaker, Mojisola Meranda, during Monday’s plenary.
The former Majority Leader, Noheem Adams, moved a motion to nominate Obasa while Nureni Akinsanya seconded the motion, with no other member nominated for the speakership.
Obasa was subsequently sworn in as the new speaker by the Head of the Legal Department of the House.
Meranda returned to her role as Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
The speaker, however, promised to listen to his colleagues, thanking the staff and the media for projecting the House well.
It remains unclear whether Obasa will resign in a few days to allow for the emergence of another new speaker as is being speculated since he adjourned sitting indefinitely shortly after being sworn in.
BRANDECONOMY recalls that Obasa was removed on Jan. 13 by 32 out of the 40 lawmakers, over financial impropriety, high-handedness and gross misconduct.
