A day after her election as the new Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, on Tuesday, visited members of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) to “brief them about what happened at the House of Assembly yesterday and to seek their blessings which we have gotten”.
Meranda met with members of GAC, the highest decision-making body of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, alongside other members of the State Assembly at Lagos House, Marina.
Meranda, representing Apapa Constituency I, emerged as speaker on Monday after the impeachment of Mudashiru Obasa whose 10-year reign was terminated when more than two-thirds of the 40-member legislative house impeached him over alleged misconduct and sundry offenses.
Meranda, who was Obasa’s deputy till Monday, was immediately elected the new Speaker, becoming the first female to take charge of the legislative body in the South-West state.
Obasa, from Agege Constituency I, was first elected into the House in 2007. He has since been in the chamber since then. He emerged speaker in June 2015 before his removal in January 2025.
Meanwhile, a member of the Assembly who represents Epe Constituency 1, Abiodun Tobun, said members of the parliament sacked Obasa as Speaker to uphold the “sanctity” and “integrity” of the House.
Tobun told reporters that the decision to impeach Obasa was unanimously agreed by lawmakers in the 40-member Assembly.
He said, “The Constitution makes it clear that the House has the powers to regulate its proceedings. So, the members of the House felt that they’ve had enough of the Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa and today, we have unanimously agreed that Rt Hon Mojisola Meranda Lasbat become the new Speaker of the House.
“So, it was a resolution concurred to by all members of the parliament and so be it. We cannot open our House and allow this parliament to dwindle. We owe our constituents a duty and we owe Lagos State a duty of ensuring that the sanctity of the House and the integrity of this House are restored.”
