Legislative profile: Mudashiru Obasa
Mudashiru Obasa is the joint longest-serving Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. He was first elected Speaker in 2015, although he has been a member of the House since 2003, representing Agege Constituency 1.
He began his political career during Nigeria’s aborted Third Republic working as an active member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), and then, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) before a version of the party was eventually merged to form the All Progressives Congress (APC).
As Speaker, Mr. Obasa has been involved in a number of controversies, including corruption allegations. He has consistently denied any wrongdoing.
In June 2023, he was elected Speaker for a third consecutive term of four years, only the second man after his predecessor Ikuforiji Adeyemi, to have served so long as leader of the House since the Assembly was established in 1979.
