{"id":355549,"date":"2026-05-18T04:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T03:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355549"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:52:25","slug":"lagos-speaker-gets-apcs-house-of-reps-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=355549","title":{"rendered":"LAGOS SPEAKER GETS APC&#8217;S HOUSE OF REPS TICKET"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\":pb\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":pa\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div id=\"avWBGd-23\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A massive crowd of party supporters and card-carrying members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend thronged Agege to validate the emergence of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, as the party\u2019s consensus candidate for the Agege Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The primary election, which was conducted peacefully, witnessed a large turnout of APC members who endorsed Rt Hon. Obasa\u2019s candidacy, reinforcing his strong grassroots influence in the constituency.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Rt Hon. Obasa\u2019s emergence came days after he formally declared his intention to contest for the House of Representatives seat during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting held in Agege on May 13.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking after the validation exercise, the Speaker expressed appreciation to party leaders and members for the confidence reposed in him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I\u00a0am deeply humbled by the confidence reposed in me by our leaders and members. Today\u2019s validation is not just about me; it is about our collective resolve to continue building Agege and Lagos State on the foundation of progress and development,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also pledged to sustain people-oriented representation if elected into the National Assembly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;My commitment has always been to serve with integrity, to amplify the voices of our people, and to ensure that Agege continues to stand tall in the comity of constituencies. This validation strengthens my resolve to deliver more dividends of democracy,\u201d Rt Hon. Obasa added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With the conclusion of the APC primary, the Speaker is expected to fly the party\u2019s flag in the forthcoming general election, a development many party faithful believe will further consolidate the APC\u2019s political dominance in Agege.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive crowd of party supporters and card-carrying members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend thronged Agege to validate the emergence of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, as the party\u2019s consensus candidate for the Agege Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67315,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355560,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355549\/revisions\/355560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}