Plans are underway by the Lagos State House of Assembly to pass a law that will undermine ownership of land and property ownership by non-indigenes in the state, following a declaration by its speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, to “reverse all the reversible.”
While making the declaration, Obasa said: “Lagos is a Yoruba land as against the assertions of some people that it is a no man’s land. Therefore, part of our legislative agenda is to ensure the translation of laws passed by this House to the Yoruba language.”
Obasa stated this in his acceptance speech as a third-term speaker of the Lagos parliament and the inauguration of the 10th Lagos assembly. He revealed plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to pass new land and property laws that would only favour indigenes.
He revealed the plot of the APC-controlled state parliament to deploy “all legislative instruments” to favour indigenes against other tribes.
He said: “We also aim at achieving our collective goals of creating a robust legislative framework that protects the interest of our people. Going forward in this wise, we are going to employ all legislative instruments for the support of the indigenes of Lagos.
“There would be laws and resolutions in the areas of economy and commerce, property and titles, and we will reverse all that are reversible to protect the interest of the indigenes.”
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