I Am Not Too Young To Be Lagos State Governor – Obasa

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa has come out to say that he does not lack the experience to contest the governorship race in the state.

He recently had his say in his remarks shortly after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu presented the state’s 2025 budget size of N3,005,935,198,401, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he has not given serious thought to becoming the next governor as is already being speculated in some quarters, and his major concern is still to strengthen the party in the state.

He, however, added that political detractors have translated his actions to mean that he is chasing a governorship ambition, and even if that was the case, he is not too young or lack experience to run.

His words, “I have made it a personal task to mobilise people on the platform of Mandate, which has been misconstrued by some political detractors as being a selfish aspiration on the ground for me to become governor of the state. There is the need, however, to correct this wrong impression. My concern is about building our party, and whatever we do is mainly for this cause.

To the blackmailers who have embarked on the mission to distort and redefine our mission, let me state it unequivocally here, our intention is to promote our party on the platform of Mandate.

Also, becoming governor is secondary; it is something that I have not given serious consideration. Nevertheless, that does not mean I am too young or lack experience to run; whereas, those who have been before me are not better off.

In addition, it is also important to correct the impression from some naysayers who have been insinuating that I made payment to seek for blood relation in Ojo to validate my candidacy to run as governor. Of course, I have never denied the fact that I am Obasa. But rather, I have never claimed to be related to Onikoyi, Oniru, or any of the other popular Lagos families as the case may be. I can indeed never run from the fact that I am related to my Obasa family in Ojo. But I do not need local validity to contest or run. If eventually I am contesting, I will do so from Agege.”

WOW.