Lagos Assembly Will Pass Property Laws To Favour Indigenes-Speaker

The state assembly is going to pass new property and business ownership laws in the state, according to Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa.

In his acceptance speech for a third term as speaker of the Lagos parliament and the Tuesday opening of the 10th Lagos assembly, Obasa made this statement.

Recall that during the most recent general elections in 2023, many Lagos residents allegedly split along ethnic, political, and religious lines.

Many Igbos supported the Labour Party's Peter Obi for president and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the LP for state governor, respectively, in the presidential and governorship elections.

However, this development drew criticism after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC's presidential candidate, was defeated by Obi Lagos on February 25.

Speaking during the Lagos parliament inauguration, Obasa said, “There would be laws…in the areas of economy and commerce, property and titles, and we will reverse all that is reversible to protect the interest of the indigenes.”

“Lagos is a Yoruba land as against the assertions of some people that it is a no man’s land.

“Therefore, part of our legislative agenda is to ensure the translation of laws passed by this House to the Yoruba language,” he added.

According to the speaker, the new land and property laws only favour indigenes.

He said, “We also aim at achieving our collective goals of creating a robust legislative framework that protects the interest of our people. Going forward in this wise, we are going to employ all legislative instruments for the support of the indigenes of Lagos.

“There would be laws and resolutions in the areas of economy and commerce, property and titles, and we will reverse all that is reversible to protect the interest of the indigenes.”