BREAKING: Lagos Assembly Suspends Three Council Chairmen

• The Lagos State House of Assembly has announced the suspension of three local government council chairmen in the state.
• The affected chairmen include Ogidan Mukandasi Olaitan of the Lekki LCDA, Suleiman Jelili of Alimosho Local Government Area, and Tajudeen Ajide of Surulere Local Government Area.

The Lagos State House of Assembly has announced the suspension of three local government council chairmen in the state.

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the council chairmen were suspended over alleged disregard for the guidelines governing their activities.

According to a statement issued on the website of the Assembly, the House stated that “it can no longer continue to watch while the council chairmen stubbornly flout the state’s local government guidelines.”

The affected chairmen include Ogidan Mukandasi Olaitan of the Lekki LCDA, Suleiman Jelili of Alimosho Local Government Area, and Tajudeen Ajide of Surulere Local Government Area.

The suspension of the chairmen was unanimously approved by members of the House in a voice vote with no opposition.

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This was shortly after the chairman of the House Committee on Commerce and Industry, Hon. Bisi Yusuff (Alimosho 1), raised a complaint against Olaitan on how rude he had been.

The statement added that Yusuff “complained that Olaitan even accused the lawmakers carrying out an oversight function on a memorandum of understanding in relation to the issue that arose from a resettlement programme in Lekki of being ignorant of their jobs.

“He further said the council chairman had total disregard for those in his domain who he was elected to govern.

“According to him, his action, even as a lawyer, was an insult to true governance and respect for the authority.

“Supporting Yusuff, another lawmaker, Hon. Fatai Mojeed (Ibeju-Lekki 1), named Jelili and Ajide as having issues against them that are being investigated.

“He urged his colleagues to suspend the chairmen pending the outcome of the investigations and to serve as a deterrent to others.”

Speaking, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, said the House had received petitions from many councilors in the state against the sitting chairmen.

Obasa added that the House cannot continue to watch while council chairmen flout the laws they were supposed to uphold.

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