Mojisola Meranda meets Lagos GAC after becoming speaker

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Mojisola Meranda, the newly elected speaker of the Lagos
state assembly, has met with the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), the highest
decision-making body of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

Her predecessor, Mudashiru Obasa, was removed from office on
January 13 following allegations of gross misconduct and abuse of power.

Meranda, who had served as deputy speaker under Obasa, was
elected to replace him.

Addressing journalists on Tuesday, Meranda said the meeting
with GAC was to provide an update on the assembly’s recent developments and
seek the council’s approval.

“To brief them about what happened at the house of assembly
yesterday and to seek their blessings which we have,” she said.

The leadership change comes months after Obasa and Babajide
Sanwo-Olu, the state governor, met with GAC in October 2023.

That meeting followed tensions between the executive and
legislative arms after the assembly declined to confirm 17 of the 39
commissioner nominees submitted by the governor.

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