Adeshina Oyetayo chronicles the legislative interventions of Hon Mudashiru Obasa since his election as Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly 10 years ago.
In June, 2025, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, celebrates a decade of commanding legislative tour de force, during which he has evolved from the starry-eyed wunderkind of the legislature to being present and pivotal, and integral and invaluable to Lagos’ evolution into Africa’s fourth-biggest economy.
Lagos is Nigeria’s most important state, economic nerve centre, and the largest contributor to her GDP. However, economies don’t grow in isolation; every economy needs the proactive and prodigious collaboration of the three arms of government. Therefore, the success or otherwise of any legislative season has profound impacts on individuals and institutions; the state’s economy, the executive, and the judiciary; and, by extension, the Fourth Estate of the Realm—media.
