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This was as the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, described her demise as the “fall of a shining star.”

Mr Abiodun Salami, IPAC’s publicity secretary, in a statement on Friday described the action of the House as a bold step towards bringing a harmonious relationship among all the ethnic groups in the state.

Obasa said this during a public hearing on a bill for the Lagos State Value Added Tax (VAT) and for other connected purposes.

This was as the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, said the bill was intended to create an atmosphere that would encourage peaceful co-existence among residents.

The House also read for the first and second time the state’s Value Added Tax bill and asked the committee on finance which is handling it to report back on Thursday.

The two bills, at various stages in the Assembly, made progress on Monday, with the Speaker making suggestions to the government

He also congratulated ex-National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Babatunde Ogala (SAN) on his 60th birthday.

A rigorous enforcement of the law and multi-dimensional public awareness campaigns followed that declaration and characterised the rest of the administration.

The Assembly amended the law by creating a subsection for Section 2 of the law.

The matter was raised under ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ by the Leader of the House, Sanai Agunbiade, during plenary on Tuesday.

This is as the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, argued that the use of the military in an attempt to quell agitations for secession would not yield the desired result since it is part of democracy for a people to speak out concerning how they are governed.

Osinbajo made the commendation at the grand finale of the first year anniversary of the Oba, also known as Oniru of Iru

At a sitting on Tuesday, the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, directed that the petition be transmitted to the Federal Government and the National Assembly.

The new bill, which was debated on the floor of the House at a sitting presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, is titled: “A Bill for a law to repeal the law to provide for the payment of pensions and other fringe benefits to public office holders in Lagos State and for other connected matters.”

The Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, made this known on Wednesday in Ikeja during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing in Commemoration of the Second Year in Office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

The House also said it was standing by the decisions reached by the Southern Governors at their recent meeting in Asaba, Delta State.

The lawmakers made their positions known on Tuesday when the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, raised the issue under “matter of urgent public importance” at plenary

Members of the House said this at plenary as they took time to eulogise the former Governor of Lagos State, who recently celebrated his 69th birthday

Obasa made this known at the final match of the BAT Unity Cup 2021 played at the Agege Stadium in Lagos on Saturday.

This was revealed in a statement signed by its Co-Convener, Dotun Atilade, on Friday in Ibadan, Oyo State.