June 8, 2015 – Lagos State House of Assembly today elected Hon. Mudasiru Obasa as Speaker of the House. Representing Agege Constituency 1, Obasa(43) defeated Hon. Wasiu Esinlokun Sani, and Hon. Fumilayo Tejuoso in a voice vote to emerge speaker.
Obasa Elected Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly
Hon. Esinlokun was thereafter elected Deputy Speaker of the House, also through a voice vote after his nomination.
Obasa holds a degree in law from the Lagos State University in 2006 before proceeding to the Nigerian Law School for his LLB.
He has served as chairman House committee on Education, Chairman House Committee on Local Government, Chairman House Committee on Public Accounts and Chairman House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning.
A devout Muslim, married with children, Obasa enjoyed the blessing of Agege people for his meritorious service to the community. He has participated in different training workshops locally and internationally.
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He also attended the Prestigious Cambridge University for leadership training and other seminars. Obasa also holds Certificate of Recognition from the state of Georgia, United States for his contribution to democracy in Nigeria and Lagos in particular.
He was born 5th of November, 1972.
Out of the 40 member house, 32 were members of the All Progressive Congress(APC), while 8 of them were members of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). There are four females in the house, 3 APC and one PDP.
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