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Budget 2026: Obasa charges lawmakers to be thorough, transparent during review
Budget 2026: Obasa charges lawmakers to be thorough, transparent during review
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa, has charged his colleague-lawmakers to be thorough and transparent as they embark on a review of the 2026 Appropriation Bill presented to the House by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu last Tuesday.
Obasa spoke during a three-day budget retreat of the Assembly, holding at the Park Inn by Radisson, Abeokuta, Ogun State, from November 26 to 28. The retreat, themed “Budget of Shared Prosperity: Enhancing Accountability and Transparency in Lagos State Budget Process”, was attended by all lawmakers, select legislative staff, and senior aides of the Speaker.
Speaker Obasa said with the formal presentation of the ‘Budget of Shared Prosperity’ by Governor Sanwo-Olu, “It now behoves you, as representatives of the people, to do your job with clinical efficiency, empathy, diligence, self-awareness, transparency, and conviction. The governor has done everything to convince us that they have done a thorough job on the Budget, but it is left to the Assembly to decide how we will go about appropriating the state’s resources to align with the demands and aspirations of every Lagosian.”
Obasa further stated that he firmly believed that waste of scarce resources can be curbed if lawmakers perform their oversight functions effectively. “But when you pretend like you don’t see what you are supposed to see in the budget or you allow your palms to be greased, don’t forget, you are going back home; you are going back to that community that you didn’t defend or protect its interest when it was important to do so. And it is at home that your political fate will be decided. Let us do what is expected of us, and we will get it right,” he said.
The annual offsite budget retreat, which reflects Obasa’s insistence on a people-centric budget, aims to review and analyse, and ensure the timely passage of the state’s appropriation bill.
Among the resource persons at the retreat were Mr Olufemi Orojimi, the Director of Budget, Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, who spoke on ‘Understanding the 2026 Appropriation Strategy: Insights from 2025 Budget Performance and Implementation Caps’; Dr Muda Yusuf, Founder/CEO, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, who did justice to his papers on ‘An overview of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework’ and Improving legislative Oversight for Budget Implementation: The strategic role of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
With the smoothness of a hot knife through butter, Yomi Olugbenro, West Africa Tax Leader at Deloitte, discussed ‘Navigating Nigeria’s New Tax Regime: Roles and Responsibilities of the Legislature.’ Other facilitators were Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, Director/Clerk, Senate Public Accounts Committee; Olusegun Mojeed, the immediate past president/chairman, Board of Fellows, CIPM Nigeria; and Ifeanyi Peter, National Team Leader, Partnership for Agile Governance and Climate Engagement.
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How Primate Ayodele Accurately Foretold Coup In Guinea-Bissau Few Weeks Ago (VIDEO)
*How Primate Ayodele Accurately Foretold Coup In Guinea-Bissau Few Weeks Ago (VIDEO)
If there is anyone who still doubts Primate Elijah Ayodele after the unexpected coup that rocked Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday, it simply means such a person has personal issues, not just with the prophet but with God himself.
Military officers in Guinea-Bissau have taken control of the government, suspended the country’s electoral process and declared they will be in control “until further notice”.
On Monday, President Umaro Embaló, who is seeking re-election, and Fernando Dias, his main opponent, both declared victory in the country’s election even though the electoral commission had not released official results.
However, later on Wednesday, Embaló told Jeune Afrique that he was arrested at around 1 pm in his office at the presidential palace.
The coup leaders issued a communique, claiming the “High Military Command for the Restoration of National Security and Public Order” was reacting to a destabilisation plot “put in place by certain national politicians with the participation of [a] well-known drug baron,” according to the Africa Report.
This coup development happened as though Primate Ayodele wrote the script, which is just being followed by the perpetrators because he was too accurate with his prophetic warning regarding the development.
The prophet first mentioned it earlier this month in a warning to the president of the country, letting him know that the presidential election can trigger a military action if care isn’t taken. He specifically warned the president to ensure that he accepts the outcome of the election, even if he loses, because the country is in a military action.
These were his words:
“In Guinea-Bissau, there is going to be an election, but if there is a coalition and the president tries to rig the election, the country will turn to fire. There will be anarchy, and the impossible coup can be possible. To the president, if you lose this election, just leave. Don’t force yourself because you will fail”.
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Apart from this, which he said during a live service in his church, Primate Ayodel, on November 11, in a series of prophecies to some African nations, mentioned that in Guinea-Bissau, there will be a military action.
He specifically warned that the president will not be reckoned with and that the president must be ready to do anything to stabilise the country because there will be a crisis.
These were his words:
“Guinea-Bissau: The country isn’t yet settled, there is still a crisis in the nation because they are going to be fighting seriously. The president will not be reckoned with, and the military will carry out another action. The president must be ready to do anything to stabilise the country because I see a crisis in Guinea.”
https://theeagleonline.com.ng/primate-ayodele-releases-prophecies-on-african-countries-6/
These prophecies are exactly a direct representation of the coup situation in Guinea-Bissau, and it’s mysterious that a man whose church is domiciled in Nigeria could accurately reveal what would happen in a far-away country like that; certainly, it’s God speaking through his vessel.
However, this isn’t the first time Primate Ayodele would be sharing such a prophecy that would have a striking fulfilment as this; he is renowned for being the only prophet to have foretold the coups in Niger, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, to mention but a few.
He was also the only prophet to foretell the crisis in Madagascar that saw the president exiting the nation, the surprising election outcome in Botswana, Seychelles, and some nations that have held elections this year.
Also, the crisis between the president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye and the prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, which no one expected, was prophesied by Primate Ayodele immediately after the election, on which he also foretold the outcome.
Likewise, the death of Raila Odinga, the opposition leader in Kenya, was foretold by Primate Ayodele in his new year prophecies for 2025, released in December 2024.
There are several mysterious prophecies Primate Ayodele has shared, and the one on Guinea-Bissau has successfully added to the list.
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2026 Osun Guber: Ataoja of Osogbo declares open support for Aregbesola, ADC
2026 Osun Guber: Ataoja of Osogbo declares open support for Aregbesola, ADC
– says “wherever he goes, we shall follow.”
By Gbenga Shaba
The Ataoja of Osogbo, His Royal Majesty Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun, Laroye II, has endorsed and declared open support for Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Osun as the state prepares for the 2026 gubernatorial election.
The 21st traditional and paramount ruler of the city of Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, Oba Oyetunji, made this open declaration during a courtesy call at his palace in Osogbo, ahead of the ADC’s final constituency tour of Osun State.
Oba Oyetunji held no words back as he emotionally declared that wherever Aregbesola goes, he will follow and support him.
“Your coming to Osogbo today is symbolic because I have not heard that you adopted a new party until now that you visited. That you have come to openly declare being in a new party with all those that followed you means the whole of Osogbo will be behind you. No one will see me and not see Aregbe, and when you see Aregbe, you will surely see me.”
He added: “Aregbesola’s journey this time around is different. This is because he has come now to work assiduously for the betterment of the people of Osun.
“He is one man I respect a lot because when some naysayers were mounting pressure on him to dethrone me, he did not listen to them.
“We are not ingrates in Osogbo. Osogbo is always united when it comes to politics.
“I’m for Aregbesola. I will never leave him. Wherever he goes, we shall follow.”
Oba Oyetunji, who shared his thoughts in Yoruba language, asked the town’s chiefs and the Asiwaju of Osogbo land, Hon. Justice Moshud Adekunle Adeigbe (Rtd), if he had echoed their minds, and they all responded in affirmation of their support.
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Kebbi APC youths berate Zamfara PDP over reckless comments on kidnapped students
*Kebbi APC youths berate Zamfara PDP over reckless comments on kidnapped students*
****urge security agencies to investigate opposition’s role in insecurity
The Kebbi APC Youth Forum has condemned the Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for sabotaging the ongoing rescue of 24 female students kidnapped from Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, inthe Talata-Mafara area of Kebbi state.
The youths, in a statement signed by their Chairman, Comrade Nasiru Maga, and circulated to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi, described the Zamfara PDP’s recent press statement criticizing the deployment of Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, to coordinate the rescue as “heartless, wicked, and tantamount to giving comfort to terrorists.”
“While our daughters are spending another terrifying night in the bush, Governor Dauda Lawal and his media thugs are busy typing press releases to frustrate the rescue mission just because the man leading the operation is their political enemy,” the statement read.
“This is no longer politics; this is dancing on the blood of innocent children.”
The group reminded Governor Lawal of his 2023 campaign promise to end banditry in Zamfara within two months, adding that two years later, the state has become “the undisputed capital of kidnapping, mass murder and highway robbery in the North-West.”
“Dauda Lawal has abandoned the people he swore to protect. His only achievement is turning Zamfara into a no-go area while he and his cabal loot the treasury,” the youths charged.
The forum specifically accused the governor of repeatedly plotting to have President Bola Tinubu sack Matawalle out of “sheer jealousy and bitterness,” and said the latest press release was the governor’s revenge for failing to remove the minister.
The Kebbi APC Youth Forum urged the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian Army, the Police, and the National Intelligence Agency to immediately open an investigation into “Governor Dauda Lawal’s open romance with bandit elements and the treasonable conduct of his media team.”
“Criticising a rescue operation ordered by the President and executed by security forces while schoolgirls are still in captivity is a national security offence. We demand that Governor Dauda Lawal, his spokesman, and every PDP official who signed or endorsed that wicked statement be invited for questioning without delay,” they declared.
The youths praised President Tinubu for cancelling his trip to the G20 Summit in South Africa the moment he received news of the abduction, and expressed total confidence in Matawalle, whom they described as “the same man who crushed bandits when he was governor of Zamfara.”
“We are confident that within days, Dr Bello Matawalle will bring our 24 daughters home alive. No amount of distraction from failed politicians like Dauda Lawal will stop him,” the statement concluded.
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