Obasa speaks on his political ambition after Lagos speakership

Bayo Wahab

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has admitted helium is considering beingness beyond the speakership, saying helium does not regularisation retired a governorship ambition.

Obasa, who precocious faced a governmental tempest that concisely saw him removed from his position, said this successful an interrogation with Television Continental connected Thursday.

In his erstwhile interrogation with the TV station, Obasa had said that the adjacent measurement successful his governmental vocation is to go a legislator oregon a governor, having served arsenic a councillor and speaker.

When reminded astir the statement, Obasa said the statement, which helium made 7 years ago, wasn’t assertive.

He maintained that his aspirations and decisions astir his governmental aboriginal yet remainder with his party.

“Let maine conscionable explain. Now that we are talking astir politics, you person to beryllium a subordinate of a governmental enactment and if you are a subordinate of a governmental party, you person to judge successful the enactment of the party,” Obasa said.

He explained that though each person has ambitions, progression successful authorities depends connected enactment structures and leaders.

“So you get to a signifier wherever you cannot find what is adjacent for you. On your own, you whitethorn aspire that I privation to go this, but if you person respect for the enactment and the mode the enactment is being managed, you cognize that the enactment leaders volition beryllium unneurotic and determine who volition beryllium next. It’s each astir consultation, engagement with the enactment leaders,” helium added.

The Speaker, however, did not contradict harbouring governorship ambitions. When asked if helium would see extending his enactment successful the Lagos Assembly for different four-year term, Obasa responded, “not really.”

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The station Obasa speaks connected his governmental ambition aft Lagos speakership appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.