Lagos, Jan 16, 2025 (NAN) Former Lagos lawmaker, Mr Dipo Olorunrinu has congratulated Mrs Mojisola Meranda on her emergence as the first female Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Olorunrinu, who represented Amuwo-Odofin Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2015 and 2019, congratulated Meranda while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)on Thursday in Lagos.
He described Meranda as intelligent, and a good listener , adding that she had a good understanding of leadership and service as she is from a royal family.
NAN reports that Meranda was born into the royal families of Ojora and Oniru on Aug. 16, 1980.
Her late father, Taoreed Lawal-Akapo, was a lawmaker and later, the Ojora of Lagos, while her mother hails from the Oniru family.
Her brother, a former Commissioner of Agriculture in Lagos State, Abdulwasiu Lawal, is the current Oniru of Iru kingdom.
“This is not surprising, she (Meranda) deserves the honour and has the capacity to take the House to greater heights.
“We came into the Lagos Assembly together at the same time in 2015. As her colleague then, I can say she is very intelligent and that she is a good listener.
“She is reserved and doesn’t dabble into unnecessary issues.
“The new speaker is a very decisive person but flexible.She gives her opinion awesomely in legislative discussions.
“She will deliver and put the assembly where it ought to be. The people should be rest assured of impactful service,” the former legislator said.
Olorunrinu, an APC chieftain, expressed confidence that the new speaker would add value to the legislature and service to the people of the state.
He urged the Lagos Assembly to continue to fulfil the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the state.
The former lawmaker also urged the new speaker to carry all the other 39 lawmakers along in all dealings and activities
NAN recalls that the erstwhile speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa (APC-Agege 1), a sixth-term lawmaker, serving his third term as speaker, was on Monday removed by lawmakers.
Thirty-two (32) out of the 40 lawmakers, at an emergency plenary, impeached Obasa via voice votes, over alleged gross misconduct.
The assembly subsequently elected and swore-in Deputy Speaker, Mrs Mojisola Meranda (APC-Apapa I) to replace Obasa, while Mr Fatai Adebola (APC- Ibeji-Lekki I) was elected as the Deputy Speaker.
The House also suspended the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Olalekan Onafeko, indefinitely, during the plenary and dissolved all principal positions and standing committees.
