Past two weeks have witnessed different stories
speculating that former governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu wants to crown his
daughter, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo the next Iyaloja of Lagos. To bring the
controversy to rest, the Secretary-General of Lagos Markets, Deacon Lanre Ajayi,
recently revealed that she fulfilled what was stated in the constitution.
Speaking with Saturday Tribune in a telephone
interview, on Friday, Deacon Ajayi
admitted that though it came as a shock to many people when it was announced by
the constituted authorities that Folashade, the daughter of the former Lagos
State governor, Bola Tinubu, would be the next Iyaloja, she was qualified to
be. He insisted that what many people didn't know was that Folashade fulfilled
"to a large extent" what is stated in the constitution guiding
markets operations and how a new Iyaloja should be chosen in Lagos State.
"Our constitution states that a would-be
Iyaloja must be a high ranking-officer in the leadership echelon of all markets
in Lagos State. The new Iyaloja, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, was until her
appointment, the Chairman of the Marketing Development Board in Lagos State. By
this position alone, she has met the basic requirements of the office," he
said.
Deacon Ajayi further revealed that apart from being
the Chairman of the Marketing Development Board (a position she still occupies,
it was gathered), Folashade also won the support of over two-thirds of the
markets' high-ranking officers who were "constitutionally empowered to
select who the next Iyaloja would be."
"I know that it is not everybody that will be
happy about the development, as no one really knows what was running through
some people's minds the day she was announced as the new Iyaloja, even though
there was jubilation on that day; but you can't deny the fact that she
fulfilled certain critical conditions," he remarked.
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