Politics
Oluranti Adebule: Excelling in the Red Chamber, Delivering At Home
The profile of the Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District in the Senate, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule, continues to rise in the Red Chamber, not only for eloquent contributions to debate on the floor of the Chamber but also for active and effective deliverance of her legislative duties.
Just recently, Senator Adebule spoke extensively on the floor of the Chamber why there is need to speed rehabilitation works on some critical Federal roads in the country. Of particular importance to Senator Adebule, is the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in her Senatorial District.
The road is the gateway to other countries as it linked the country with neighbouring countries like: Republic of Benin, Togo and Ghana and other countries in the western coast of Africa.
According to Adebule, the road is of high economic importance to Nigeria, “huge revenue is accrued from the road particularly at Seme border which is one of the most active and economically-viable borders in Nigeria. If the major road leading to this highly critical economic enclave is bad and not motorable, then the amount of revenue lost can be imagined”.
This was just one of the various robust debates, Senator Adebule had contributed to, on the floor of the Red Chamber.
The former Deputy Governor of Lagos State also has the distinguished honour of being one of Nigeria’s representatives at the parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) where her contributions on the floor of sub-regional parliament has been described as highly impressive.
As a member of various committees of the Senate, Senator Adebule has received commendations from colleagues and staff of the National Assembly for her Incisive contributions to committee works and making herself available for various oversight functions and duties.
For emphasis, Senator Adebule is a member of the following Senate Committees: Constitution Review, Senate Service, Women Affairs, Privatisation, Banking, Finance and other Financial Institutions, Customs and Excise, Marine Transport and Blue Economy, Science and Technology, Downstream Petroleum and Local and Foreign Debts.
As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Social Investment and Poverty Alleviation, Senator Adebule has led with panache, experience and humility and the result was the success of the various poverty alleviation, palliatives and other social intervention programmes of the Tinubu administration.
Among active parliamentarians, Senator Adebule has not been found wanting.
She has proven to be active positively on the floor of the Chamber initiating bills and motions and contributing incisively to discussions on various subjects.
To date, Mama West as she is popularly called has proposed a ‘Bill for an Act to amend the Compulsory Universal Basic Education Act, Cap 4, Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004’. The Bill meant to improve and make basic education more conducive for pupils and teachers has got to Second Reading in the Senate.
Senator Adebule has also initiated a ‘Bill for an Act to Amend the Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Act No 16, this was done 13 February, 2024.
An advocate for equal opportunities for the male and female genders, she also initiated a ‘Bill for an Act to enact Gender and Equitable Opportunities 2024’, initiated on 20 March, 2024.
Apart from all these, Mama West has also initiated a ‘Bill for an Act to Amend Sheriff and Civil Process Act Cap S6 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004’, initiated on 8 May, 2024.
Adebule is not done yet as she also initiated a motion for training in security, communication relations and provision of tools for traditional rulers across in Lagos West Senatorial District which is meant to improve local and community policing and security thereby reducing crimes.
A lover of education as a tool for engendering development and growth of the nation, Senator Adebule also successfully moved the motion for ‘Compelling need to Tackle the Challenge of Out-of-school Children’.
Indeed, Senator (Dr) Idiat Oluranti Adebule has been making waves in the Red Chamber and the sky is the beginning for our dear Mama West.
To the delight of her constituents, Senator Adebule has not excel in the Red Chamber alone. She has continued to make her impact felt by the people of the Senatorial District she is representing at the National Assembly.
It is noteworthy to state here that Mama West as a lover of education gave Aminat Yusuf, LASU Best Graduating Student, N1 million in appreciation of her excellent performance in the citadel of knowledge.
She has also distributed bags of free fertilisers to farmers in Lagos West Senatorial District.
A lover of youths, Mama West has facilitated fish-farming training for more than 200 youths in the Senatorial District. This took place at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research in March, 2024.
Mama West has gone further to distribute food palliatives to 10,000 households and families in the Senatorial District while rice and other edible foods were being distributed regularly at festive periods.
Mama West has also been able to facilitate and organise training in security and community relationship for traditional rulers in the Lagos West Senatorial District.
A lover of youths, various training and empowerment programmes have been organised for more than 1000 youths in the Senatorial District while essential food items have been supplied to the Vulnerable Persons and families in the Senatorial District.
Below is the general overview of the activities of the Woman of Substance since she took her seat in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly to represent the most populous Senatorial District in the southwest.
These include but not limited to completed and ongoing projects the billed for implementation and commissioning for the benefit of Lagos West Senatorial residents in the nearest future:
(A) BILLS:
***A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE COMPULSORY, FREE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION ACT, CAP N4, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA 2004. (SECOND READING – 5TH JUNE 2024 )
***A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME (RECOVERY AND MANAGEMENT) Act No. 16 (13TH FEBRUARY 2024)
***A BILL TO ENACT GENDER AND EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES BILL, 2024 (20TH MARCH 2024)
***A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE SHERIFF AND CIVIL PROCESS ACT CAP S6 (LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA 2004. (8TH MAY 2024)
***A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND LAND USE ACT – (8TH OCTOBER 2024)
***A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND CHILD RIGHTS ACT – (26TH NOVEMBER 2024)
B. MOTIONS:
*** A MOTION ON THE COMPELLING NEED TO TACKLE THE CHALLENGE OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA
*** A MOTION ON THE URGENT NEED TO MANDATE SCHOOLS TO LOCATE THEIR CRECHE AND NURSERY CLASSES ON THE GROUND FLOORS OF THEIR HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS AND IMPLEMENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS
(C) COMPLETED PROJECTS / EMPOWERMENT
****DONATION OF ONE MILLION NAIRA TO AMINAT YUSUF, BEST GRADUATING LAW STUDENT AT LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY. SEP, 2023
***DISTRIBUTION OF FERTILIZERS TO FARMERS IN LAGOS WEST, NOV 2023
***FISH FARMING TRAINING FOR 200 YOUTHS IN LAGOS WEST AT THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH, MARCH 2024
***DISTRIBUTION OF 10,000 FOOD PACKS TO 10,000 FAMILIES AT POLICE COLLEGE, MARCH, 2024
***DISTRIBUTION OF BAGS OF RICE AND OTHER GIFTS FOR EID CELEBRATION, JUNE 2024
***TRAINING IN SECURITY, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND PROVISION OF TOOLS FOR THE TRADITIONAL RULERS AND CHIEFS IN LAGOS WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT
***TRAINING AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME FOR 1000 YOUTH AND WOMEN IN VARIOUS SKILLS
***SUPPLY OF ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS TO SELECTED VULNERABLE PERSONS IN LAGOS WEST
(D) ONGOING PROJECTS
***PROCUREMENT OF HOSPITAL FURNITURE FOR SELECTED HOSPITALS IN LAGOS WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT
***SUPPLY OF REQUIRED NEEDS TO PHYSICALLY-CHALLENGED PERSONS IN LAGOS WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT
***CONSTRUCTION OF MARKET STALLS ACROSS SELECTED COMMUNITIES IN LAGOS WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT
***CONSTRUCTION OF SKILLS ACQUISITION CENTER IN MUSHIN
***COMPLETION OF BADAGRY YOUTHS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
***MEDICAL OUTREACH PROGRAMMES IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN LAGOS WEST
***CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH CENTER IN IGBOLOBI, A RIVERINE COMMUNITY IN LAGOS WEST
***PROVISION OF STREET-LIGHTS FOR COMMUNITIES IN LAGOS WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT
E.
***SENATOR IDIAT OLURANTI ADEBULE IS AMONGST THE FEW SENATORS APPOINTED TO REPRESENT THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA IN ECOWAS
F. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
SENATOR IDIAT OLURANTI ADEBULE ACTIVELY HOLDS MEMBERSHIP IN VARIOUS SENATE COMMITTEES IN THE 10TH ASSEMBLY AS FOLLOWS:
***CONSTITUTION REVIEW COMMITTEE.
***SENATE SERVICES COMMITTEE
***WOMEN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
***PRIVITIZATION COMMITTEE
***BANKING, FINANCE AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE
FCT COMMITTEE
***CUSTOMS AND EXCISE COMMITTEE
***MARINE AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE
***SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
***DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM COMMITTEE
***LOCAL AND FOREIGN DEBT COMMITTEE
To sum it up, Mama West has been living up to expectations and with the vigour and dedication she attached to her duties, residents of the Lagos West Senatorial District will be the greatest beneficiaries of innovative and people-oriented representation of the People’s Senator.
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, has flagged off the All Progressives Congress campaign in Agege Federal Constituency with a mega rally at Amoo Field, Orile Agege.
The rally, held on Wednesday, September 30, brought together APC leaders, party members, traditional and religious leaders, trade associations, artisans and representatives of different communities in the area.
Obasa, who is the APC candidate for the Agege Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives, urged supporters to take the party’s campaign to homes, markets, artisan groups, places of worship and community associations ahead of the general election.
Addressing the gathering, he said the party should not be satisfied with a narrow victory but should seek to improve on its previous electoral performance.
“Let us join hands and make sure we deliver. It is not just about victory; we must surpass our previous votes. Sound it loud to everybody, all trade associations, artisans, tribes, religious and traditional leaders. We have the numbers, and we will pour it into the APC,” Obasa said.
He called on supporters to mobilise votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC governorship candidate in Lagos, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, the Lagos West senatorial candidate, Senator Idiat Oluranti Adebule, and himself in the Agege Federal Constituency.
Obasa said the campaign message should reach different sections of the constituency before election day, with supporters expected to engage residents and encourage them to participate in the electoral process.
He also described the turnout at the rally as an indication of support and cohesion within the party in Agege.
“Agege is always one. And we will continue to be one. There is nothing wrong with our party in Agege,” he said, while dismissing opposition voices and rumours about the party’s structure in the area.
The Speaker also urged party members and supporters to avoid conflict during the campaign, stressing that voters should be allowed to choose their preferred representatives.
“We must try to avoid conflict, because at the end of the day, the people will vote for their representatives, the people they truly want. Nobody can force anyone on the people,” he said.
Obasa’s remarks come as political parties intensify grassroots mobilisation ahead of the general election, with Agege remaining an important constituency in Lagos’s political landscape.
The Lagos State chapter of the City Boy Movement has felicitated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigerians and Lagos residents on the occasion of the country’s 66th Independence anniversary, praising the administration’s economic and youth-focused reforms.
In a goodwill message issued by the movement’s Lagos director, Barrister Moyosore Ogunlewe, the group said the Tinubu administration had recorded progress in infrastructure, economic diversification, youth empowerment and governance since assuming office.
Ogunlewe, who also serves as Zonal Director, Youth Mobilisation, South-West of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, acknowledged that the President was not perfect but argued that his administration had demonstrated the political will to tackle some of the country’s longstanding challenges.
“Like no one is perfect, President Tinubu is not perfect. Nevertheless, he has remained a kind-hearted leader with an exceptional eye for talents, putting round pegs in round holes,” he said.
He added that, in his view, the administration had demonstrated “vision and foresight” through the implementation of the Renewed Hope Agenda.
The movement highlighted several youth-focused initiatives, including the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, 3 Million Technical Talent programme, Technical and Vocational Education and Training initiatives, NiYA, YouthCred, CrediCorp, the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund, iDICE and programmes implemented through SMEDAN.
Some of these initiatives have been publicly identified by the Federal Government as part of its efforts to expand access to education, digital skills, technical training, entrepreneurship and financing for young Nigerians. The government said in September that it was also targeting five million young Nigerians through skills acquisition and empowerment programmes under its National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy.
Ogunlewe also cited the administration’s electricity-sector reforms, data protection legislation, economic reforms and investments in healthcare and education as areas where he said the government had made progress.
He described the removal of petrol subsidy as a bold decision, arguing that it had reduced opportunities for corruption and freed government resources for development.
The subsidy removal, along with foreign exchange and other fiscal reforms, has remained one of the most significant and controversial parts of the Tinubu administration’s economic programme. While the government has argued that the measures were necessary to stabilise the economy, the reforms have also contributed to significant cost-of-living pressures, with the International Monetary Fund acknowledging improved macroeconomic outcomes while noting that conditions remain difficult for many Nigerians.
On the economy, Ogunlewe said the reforms were attracting investment, supporting job creation and laying the foundation for diversification.
The Presidency has similarly pointed to economic growth, improved external reserves, increased investment and reforms in the foreign exchange, fiscal and financial sectors as signs of progress. In the second quarter of 2026, Nigeria’s economy recorded 4.43 per cent year-on-year growth, according to figures cited by the President.
On security, the City Boy Movement said the administration had strengthened intelligence gathering and inter-agency collaboration while implementing social intervention programmes aimed at reducing hardship.
Ogunlewe also linked his assessment of Tinubu’s administration to his experience at the grassroots, saying he had learnt from the President’s approach to governance while bringing government closer to residents in Kosofe Local Government.
“I have learned a great deal from our President by bringing governance to our people in Kosofe Local Government – transparency, timely service delivery and cost-effectiveness,” he said.
The Lagos chapter of the movement was inaugurated in July with a stated focus on youth and grassroots mobilisation. At the inauguration, Ogunlewe said the organisation intended to promote youth participation, national unity and civic engagement beyond electoral campaigns.
The group has also openly positioned itself as a supporter of Tinubu’s administration and its 2027 re-election bid. The movement’s national leadership previously told the Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, that it was committed to mobilising support for the administration’s programmes and initiatives.
As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, Ogunlewe called for continuity of the administration’s policies, saying he believed Tinubu’s record warranted another term in office.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the best for a united Nigeria at this critical point in our 66-year history. He deserves our full support for a second term to secure a brighter future and the continuity of the Renewed Hope Agenda,” he said.
The statement was signed by Hon. Kanbi Owolabi, Assistant Director, Print Media, City Boy Movement, Lagos State Chapter.
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