Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is seeking the approval of the Lagos State House of Assembly to reorder N234.669 billion from the 2023 budget of N1.768 trillion. The governor said the reordering would enable the government focus more on capital expenditure and palliatives to cushion the effects of the current economic challenges faced by residents of the State. In a letter read …

Local government chairmen, vice chairmen, councillors and other top officials of the 57 councils in Lagos State will henceforth face strict monitoring to make them meet the yearnings and aspirations of their people, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has declared. According to a statement by Media Assistant to the Speaker, Mr. Eromosele Ebhomele, Obasa …

Given the steps by the administration of President Bola Tinubu since assumption of office, Nigeria can be described as a country on economic recovery and advancement, according to the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. In a congratulatory message to Nigerians on the country’s 63rd Independence anniversary, the Speaker said that Nigeria is being led …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has dropped five namesin the new list of commissioners-nominees sent to the House of Assembly. The affected nominees are Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, who was Commissioner for Education in Sanwo-Olu’s first term; Mrs. Solape Hammond (Special Adviser to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals and Investments), Mrs. Aramide Adeyoye (Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure), Mr. Lekan Fatodu …

The trending news in Lagos right now is the list of commissioner-nominees that the governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu sent to the state House of Assembly for confirmation – 39 in all – out of which the House approved 22 but rejected 17, six of them former commissioners being nominated to return for second term like the governor. Since 1999 when the …

In what appears to be a power tussle between the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and some political and religious gladiators on the proposed members of the State Executive Council (SEC), the Lagos State House of Assembly, in an unprecedented move on Wednesday, declined to confirm 17 out of the 39 nominees submitted by the governor for the position …

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has congratulated a former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on his 60th birthday anniversary. In his congratulatory message in Lagos on Wednesday, Obasa said Fashola, the immediate past minister of works and housing, remained a gift from God to Lagos …

For the third consecutive term, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has been elected as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The highest ranking member of the House having first been first elected in 2007, Obasa was re-elected on Tuesday as Speaker unopposed after the proclamation of the state’s 10th assembly by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The lawmaker representing Agege constituency I …