The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday praised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the successful completion of the Red Line rail project of the state. The House also commended President Bola Tinubu for establishing the foundation in Lagos upon which successive administrations have built, while appreciating Speaker Mudashiru Obasa for playing positive roles by ensuring legislative approvals in support of …

The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the state government to support a 12-year-old student of the Adam Yakubu Memorial High School in Lagos State, Amina Alege, who suffered an eye injury after she was allegedly tear-gassed by the police. The incident occurred last Friday in front of a mosque near Adam Yakubu Memorial High School in Iloro, Cement, …

The Lagos State House of Assembly has decried the continued downward slide in the value of the Naira against the United States dollar. As at Tuesday, a dollar hovered between N1,474 and N1,500 and the lawmakers, at plenary, advised the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on some bold steps to take so as to shore up …

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday passed the state’s 2024 Appropriation Bill, which totals N2,267,976,120,869. This was at a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. The budget represents 58 per cent capital expenditure and 42 per cent recurrent expenditure, and was approved following a unanimous voice vote by all the lawmakers at the sitting. …

The Lagos State House of Assembly has become the most successful state parliament in Nigeria because of its reliance on God, Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has said. Addressing guests, including the First Lady of the state, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, traditional rulers and political leaders, the Speaker added that the House achieved its 2023 goals as a result of the diligence, commitment …

The 2024 budget proposal of N2.246 trillion presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday faces the realities of daunting economic challenges and must be tailored towards improving the lives of residents, according to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. Immediately after the presentation of the budget proposal by the governor at the Assembly …

Mr. Rauf Age-Suleiman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday took the oath of office as a member of Lagos State House of Assembly. He is replacing Mr. Olukayode Doherty of the Labour Party, who was recently sacked by the Court of Appeal. Doherty had been declared winner of the 18th March election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu will today (Wednesday) present the state’s 2024 budget before the House of Assembly. According to the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, the Appropriation Bill, which will highlight the details of planned capital projects, recurrent expenditure and anticipated revenue for the fiscal year, will be laid for consideration before the lawmakers. …

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly took time on Thursday to praise the Speaker, Rt. Hon.  Mudashiru Obasa for his roles in the development and progress of the state. The lawmakers said that Obasa, who will be 51 on Saturday, had made a name that cannot be erased from the history of the state, as well as the …

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, during plenary deliberated on the idea of a law to curb street begging across the state. The law, if it comes into existence, will also penalise the encouragement of street begging by residents. In this way, it will be an offence to give alms to a street beggar. The lawmakers …