The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday exuded history as they passed two major bills: the Value Added Tax Bill and Anti-Open Grazing Bill.
Both are major because they address national questions, one on fiscal federalism and the other on security.
To many pundits, the state might not be able to swiftly work in the direction it has consolidated as they felt it might want to play the politics of national correctness with it.
This is based on the impression that even if it was keen on the VAT matter, it might be deliberately sluggish on the open grazing issue, knowing that President Muhammadu Buhari is ostensibly against it.
Buhari has indeed asked the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to recover old grazing routes.
The observers thus felt that based on the interest of the strongman of Lagos politics Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s interest in 2023 presidential election, the Lagos establishment might want to play politics with the bills.
But it acted in contrary on Wednesday when the bills were unanimously passed, with every indication that Governoer ababjide Sanwo-Olu will swiftly assent to it.
Immediately after their passage, Speaker Obasa commended his colleagues for their passion to see that the state continues to grow.
“I thank you all for this historic exercise,” Obasa said.
