Lagos state house of assembly speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, may not be able to sleep soundly nowadays.
No, it wasn't because of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic as the state rushed to contain the spread of the virus. Rather, it due to a skeleton in the cupboard of his affairs at the state assembly.
The speaker, allegedly with the help of some lawmakers, is enmeshed in a multimillionaire scandal and looting of public funds; the disbursement of N10m monthly allocation his wife under the guise of gender inclusiveness programme for women.
The programme, according to a leaked document, would be headed by his wife and would also be in charge of the funds.
In a letter written by the Clerk of the House ordering the release of the funds, the N10million monthly allocation would be for the establishing of a grassroots support programme, which will be centred on socio-economic and political programmes to be coordinated by wives of legislators at the various constituencies.
The letter used to approve the monthly allocation reads, “You may be aware of the emerging trend of gender inclusiveness, which is to mitigate/eradicate all obstacles to gender equality.
“Sir, you may also be aware that gender inequality is endemic in our society and considering the peculiarity of Lagos State as well as the fact that our honourable members being the representatives of their respective constituencies are appropriately placed to deliver on building the capacity of women in each of the 40 constituencies of Lagos State.
“It is pertinent to note that women are the bedrock of every society being the pillar upon which a family is built. A woman is also in a better position to appreciate a woman’s need and be able to deliver better any programme for fellow women.
“It is in this vein that you are invited to consider and seek approval for the establishing of a grassroots support programme, which will be centred on socio-economic and political programmes to be coordinated by wives of honourable members at the various constituencies.
“In furtherance of the above, I wish to sincerely urge you to consider and seek approval for the monthly release of N10,000,000 only for the implementation of the aforementioned for the year 2018.”
Checks revealed that no programme around socio-economic and political activities was established at various constituencies.
It was also recently revealed how Obasa had mobilised thugs with N50m so as to invade its SaharaReporters' Civic Media Lab office and burn down the place with anybody found there as a way of getting back at the online news publication for exposing his fraudulent activities in the Lagos parliament where he had been feeding fat on public funds.
The act violates the Public Procurement Act 2007 and the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, which bars political office holders from issuing contracts to themselves or companies they directly benefit from.
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