Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu swears-in Princess Samiat Bada, as  the  Executive Chairman of  Ikosi-Isheri LCDA

Thursday 30th of January, 2020, saw the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu swear-in the Former Vice-Chairman of Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, Princess Samiat Bolanle Bada, as the new Executive Chairnan of the council. This development followed the demise of the former chairman of the council, Hon Abdulfatai Ayodele Oyesanya, whose unfortunate death occurred on Tuesday, 21st of January, 2020.


The swearing-in ceremony which took place at the State secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, welcomes stakeholders from the Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, and by extension, Kosofe local government. The downside of the event is that Mr Sanwo-Olu is not properly briefed about the position of the law, when such cases as the one in a Ikosi-Isheri arises. The executive Governor thereby quoted a section of the law that doesn’t exist. According to him, the swearing-in is in consonance with Sections 24 and 25 of the Local Government Administration Law of Lagos State, Chapter 89, Volume 8, 2015. This section doesn’t exist. It is disgraceful to direct mislead the governor of a State in this manner.

The number one custodian of the law in Kosofe constituency II (comprising of Agboyi-Ketu LCDA and Ikosi-Isheri LCDA) is the house of assembly member, Hon Tunde Braimoh is aware of this and with this act, it shows that he is bent on misleading the general public. How long do we hope to continue with this illegality?

As a well respected house of assembly member, who wants the Vice-chairman take over the affairs of the council in this situation, he could have lobbied his honorable colleagues who would look into this matter and amend the guidelines of local government administration. This would be honourable, rather than Crossing the path of the law.

Governor Sanwo-Olu’s ministry of local government and community affairs haven’t done a good job in this regard, the governor should have been briefed of this development, in which an amendment could have been proposed by the house of assembly. How long does the state hope to carry on with this lawlessness?