Over Two Years After, Lagos Deputy Speaker Takes Over Official Quarters
By: HighCelebritySquard
Twenty-nine
months after emerging as the Deputy Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly,
Hon Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni representing Lagos Island Constituency 1 on Monday took
over his official quarters located at 3A Sasegbon Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.
The House of Assembly, had last week, ejected the former
occupant of the building, Hon Funmilayo Tejuosho after sufficient quit notices
dating back to over two years were ignored.
Tejuosho was
nominated as Deputy Speaker of the House in 2007 but was impeached in 2009 for
gross misconduct bordering on undermining the authority of the House as well as
disrespect and violation of House rules.
Speaking while receiving the keys of the building,
Eshilokun-Sanni recalled how the process started shortly after his emergence as
Deputy Speaker on June 8, 2015, saying it was gratifying that the House had
resolved the issue.
The G.R.A Ikeja official residence of the Deputy Speaker, Lagos
State House of Assembly which was handed over to Hon. Wasiu Eshinlokun Sanni recently.
He said: “This building in particular was first allocated to me in
2015 after my emergence as the Deputy Speaker. I got a letter from the Clerk
that the building has been allocated to me and I immediately got people from my
office to go there and when they got there, they reported back to me that the
place was presently occupied.
“So, I wrote to the House of Assembly that the building was
occupied and a panel was set up headed by the Majority Leader of the House, Hon
Sanai Agunbiade to look into the circumstances behind why I was unable to
occupy the official residence of the Deputy Speaker.”
He said the
panel submitted its report to the House Clerk and the Speaker, Rt Hon Mudashiru
Obasa, after which the then occupant was given time to vacate the premises.
The G.R.A Ikeja official residence of the Deputy Speaker, Lagos
State House of Assembly which was handed over to Hon. Wasiu Eshinlokun Sanni recently.
After
waiting for some time, Eshilokun-Sanni said the House and the Housing Board
later gave Tejuosho seven days to vacate the premises officially allocated to
the Deputy Speaker.
Speaking further, Eshilokun-Sanni said: “After waiting for more
than two years, this year again, I was allocated the residence and asked to move
in. I went there again and discovered that the occupant was still there. I
reported and about three months ago, I was told to wait till November 1, 2017
for the residence to be handed over to me.
“On November 1, I went there and still found that the occupant
was still there and I reported back to the House. It was after than that the
House took action. The House of Assembly specifically the Speaker and the Clerk
then approved that the illegal occupant of the building be ejected,” he said.
He appreciated the parties involved, saying that the official
take-over took so long because a lot of empathy, maturity, magnanimity and
tenacity of purpose came into play.
The presentation of the keys officially to Eshilokun-Sanni was
performed by Mr Joseph Osho, Deputy Director and Secretary, Staff Housing
Board, Head of Service; and Chief Land Officer, Ministry of Housing, Mr
Oyewunmi Bamidele, and witnessed by the Clerk of the House, Mr Sanni Azeez as
well as other principal officers of the Assembly.
Over Two Years After, Lagos Deputy Speaker Takes Over Official Quarters
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