Lawyers Storm Out Of Hearing On Land Use Charge In Lagos

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Heavy confusion has engulfed the Lagos state house of assembly after lawyers opposed a public hearing on the amendment to the Land Use Charge act.

PoliticsNGR gathered that the chairman of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian bar association, NBA, Adeshina Ogunlana opposed the holding of the public hearing on the basis that stakeholders had no access to the amendment.

Ogunlana and a group of lawyers called for an extension of the hearing to allow stakeholders read through the document, understand it and make contributions.

This did not go down well with Bayo Oshinnowo, the chairman of the 6-member Ad-hoc committee on the proposed amendment, who stated that there was no basis for the postponement.

Speaker of the house, Mudashiru Obasa supported Oshinow's stance adding that issue was not enough to call for postponement.

This angered Ogunlana and his group of lawyers who then stormed out the assembly to hold a protest outside its premises.

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