The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Sabit
Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has officially informed his colleagues in the
Assembly that he is running for the governorship seat of the state after
the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent, Babatunde Raji Fashola,
in 2015.
At a breakfast meeting he held with the
lawmakers in his official residence at Joel Ogunnaike Street, GRA,
Ikeja, this week, Ikuforiji stated that he is gunning for the highest
seat in the state and that he believes he possesses the qualities to
succeed Fashola.
‘Breakfast meeting with the Speaker’
is a new programme introduced by Ikuforiji to interact informally with
the lawmakers on issues affecting the Assembly, the lawmakers and staff.
This
week’s meeting was the second in the series. Last week, the Chairman of
the Assembly Committee on Information, Strategy and Security and
closest ally to Ikuforiji in the Assembly, Segun Olulade, gathered
correspondents covering the Assembly and informed them of the Speaker’s
aspiration.
Olulade thereafter solicited for the support of the correspondents.
Ikuforiji
is from Epe and with his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
zoning its governorship ticket to the Lagos East Senatorial District, he
is regarded as one of the front runners for APC’s ticket.
Ikuforiji
is the longest serving Speaker in the history of the state House of
Assembly. He became the substantive Speaker in December 2005 in the 5th
Assembly when then Speaker, Jokotola Pelumi was impeached by the
majority members of the Assembly.
He was re-elected
Speaker between 2007 and 2011 for the 6th Assembly and currently for the
7th Assembly starting from 2011 and terminating in 2015.
He
is serving his third term in the Assembly. During the first two terms,
he represented Epe State Constituency 1. Currently, he is representing
Ikeja State Constituency 1.
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