- Safiu Kehinde
Emotions got the best of Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Mojisola Meranda, as she broke down in tears while members of the House passed a vote of confidence on her.
Following the drama that ensued at the Assembly on Monday morning with security operatives taking over the premises of the legislative house, the lawmakers managed to find their way into the Assembly.
They confronted the security operatives who eventually submitted to the lawmakers as the plenary resumed after several hours.
Few minutes into the plenary session, Hon. Oladipo Ajomale, member of the House representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 2, raised the motion for the Vote of Confidence.
He urged his colleagues to make the vote as a prove of their solidarity to Meranda who they elected in replacement of former Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.
“I want to move a bite of confidence on yourself by all members of the sacred House of Assembly to show that if truly they remove the former speaker of this Assembly and elected you who we believe in as the Speaker, we will display it here live and clear for people to know that this is serious.” He said.
With all the lawmakers standing in one accord to make the vote, Meranda asked if they were all in favour.
The echos of yay rented the Assembly with Meranda hitting the gavel to pass the vote before bursting into tears as captured in a video on X.
She was cheered by the lawmakers with tears rolling on her face as she soaked in the atmosphere of support.