I’m Qualified To Be Lagos Governor–Speaker

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday, said he does not lack the experience to contest the governorship race in the state, just as he noted that he had not given serious thought about becoming the next governor “as was already being speculated.”

Obasa said his major concern had been to strengthen the party in the state, adding that this was why he continued to mobilise more people to support the party at all times, an act he said had been misconstrued by “political detractors” to mean that he was chasing a governorship ambition.

The Speaker said this in his remarks shortly after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu presented the state’s 2025 budget size of N3,005,935,198,401. Obasa said, “I have made it a personal task to mobilise people on the platform of Mandate, which has been misconstrued by some political detractors as being a selfish aspiration on the ground for me to become governor of the state.

There is the need, however, to correct this wrong impression. My concern is about building our party, and whatever we do is mainly for this cause. “To the blackmailers who have embarked on the mission to distort and redefine our mission, let me state it unequivocally here, our intention is to promote our party on the platform of Mandate.

“Also, becoming governor is secondary; it is something that I have not given serious consideration. Nevertheless, that does not mean I am too young or lack experience to run; whereas, those who have been before me are not better off.”