Group protest exclusion of Minority Leaders office in Lagos Assembly

The founder of Ibile Peaceful Assembly, Hon. Saheed Mosadoluwa has described the exclusion of the minority leadership in the Lagos State House of Assembly(LSHA) as tyranny and undemocratic .

Mosadoluwa who made this assertions while reacting to the news of the exclusion of the offices of Minority Leader and Minority Whip in the House, under the guise that the two positions are no longer necessary, said, “I consider the assertion of the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy, Publicity and Security, Mr Tunde Braimoh of Lagos State Assembly as a troubling conundrum.

“We are not saying majority rule is not necessary for expressing the popular will and the basis for establishing their deceptive and progressive’s campaign, but minority is bound to disagree on any anti-people idea of the majority.”

He however said that the Lagos State House Assembly should understand that consensus cannot be the basis for making political or legislative decisions because minority rule is antithetical to democracy.

His words, “is this Lagos State House of assembly? or a fascist organisation, I have not heard of any state assembly without minority leader, it will surely pave way for executive recklessness and rascality, APC members should not use its powers to oppress the minority voters that sent some of traitors to that chamber to represent their communities.”

Mosadoluwa noted that PDP members in their constituents were not consulted before the six members proceeded to decamp to APC, as these members were fascinated with what those in the APC camp are benefiting which compelled them to decamp from PDP to APC.

“I would advise that someone should stand as a minority leader to represent the will of the minority voters. We should stop being economical with truth, the House only recently said the offices of Minority Leader and Minority Whip in the House are no longer necessary.

Hon. Obasa, his loyalists and APC leaders should understand the dangers of tyranny in legislature which should also be condemned by Lagosians.

“Furthermore, it is of great importance in the LSHA not only to guide Lagosians against oppression and deceptive progressives campaigners, there is need for minority leader in that Assembly to guard the rules of the Assembly against the injustice of those who decide to tell us the rules is now superfluous and whims.

“It is time to compel Braimoh to resign as the chairman, Lagos Assembly House Committee on Information and Strategy since his appointment as the chairman is not constitutionally guaranteed but the creation of the Assembly and that means the office that gave him the privilege to send deceptive information to the public is also based on the whims and the rules he just describes as fascist.

“The minority’s rights must be protected, no matter how alienated a minority is from the majority members of the Lagos State Assembly; otherwise, the majority’s rights may lose its meaning.”

Mosadoluwa, on a final note, said that Ibile Peaceful Assembly will surely protest what it described as s the heinous decision of the majority of the Lagos State House of Assembly members, to prevent state government from becoming a vehicle for the tyranny of the APC government.

“We will resist imposed regimentation of thought and values as the voice of the minority must be heard,” he added.