The crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly has taken a new shape with RT.Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda resigning as the Speaker of the House.
Meranda stepped down as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly today, Monday, March 3.
It would be recalled that Mudashiru Obasa was impeached as Speaker on January 13, 2025, with his deputy Meranda elected and sworn-in as the new Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
However, following a meeting of the ruling party’s stakeholders, it was agreed that Obasa’s impeachment was illegal.
The stakeholders including former National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande, former Osun State Governor Chief Olusegun Osoba, ex-Commissioner for Justice Dr. Muiz Banire, members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), and lawmakers. thus asked Meranda to resign her occupation of the office of Speaker with immediate effect, and Obasa be sworn-in as the substantiate Speaker.
Reading her notice of resignation during plenary, she said: “This is a notice of resignation as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly,”
Further, she was not a quitter but took the decision to end in the crisis in the House and save the Assembly embarrassment.
She said: “It is with every sense of responsibility that I hereby give you notice of my decision to resign as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly with effect from today, 3rd of March, 2025.
“I did not arrive at this decision lightly, Indeed, I took into careful consideration all the integral circumstances that related with my election as Speaker on January 13, 2025.
“I have to make this selfless sacrifice to resign in order to protect this institution. With your unflinching support.
”I made history as the first female Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly and I value and cherish the solidarity freely given to me.
“I am not a quitter. However, I took the decision in order to save this legislative institution from further unnecessary conflicts and embarrassment.
“I am entranced by the dialogue of personal messages, phone calls, public shows of support and groundswell of solidarity from a broad spectrum of our society.”
Meranda steps down alongside all appointed officers under her tenure.
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