Lagos To Host Conference Of State Assemblies’ Speakers

L-R; Lagos state house of Assembly Speaker; Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa welcoming Lagos state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to the house recently.

Speakers of the 36 state Houses of Assembly will converge in Lagos between Friday, August 3, and Sunday, August 5, 2018, to deliberate on national issues especially those that have to do with the legislative arm of government.

The meeting, according to a release signed by Hon. (Princess) Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, is a three-day event which would take place at the Radison Blue Hotel, Isaac John Street, Ikeja.

Tejuoso said that apart from their deliberation anchored on presentation of papers, the visiting Speakers, who would be hosted by Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa would attend a dinner on Friday organised by the host Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode.

The event proper takes place on Saturday where papers would be presented. In between presentation of papers on Saturday, the Speakers would visit the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty, Rilwan Osuolale Akiolu.

The Speakers would later present their resolutions through a communiqué after the meeting.

The Speakers would depart Lagos for their various states on Sunday.