Oriolowo Adelere Adeyemi
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Oriolowo Adelere Adeyemi is a Nigerian politician who contested the 2019 Senate Elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Osun.
Biography
Oriolowo Adelere Adeyemi, born on 25 April 1956, is a Nigerian senator representing Osun West Senatorial District in the Nigerian 9th National Assembly.
He is a member of the African Democratic Congress and holds an engineering background.
His family originates from Molete, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria, where he attended primary school at DC School Oke-Ifa and Baptist Day School Oke-Odo from 1964 to 1970.
He took a break from school in 1968–1969 to work as a shopkeeper in Agbovile, Ivory Coast to finance his secondary education at Baptist High School, graduating in 1975.
He earned an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) in Mechanical Engineering from The Polytechnic Ibadan in 1978, later working as a Mechanical Supervisor at the Nigerian Bottling Company (Coca-Cola) for a year.
In 1984, he obtained a BSc in Agricultural Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, and after his National Youth Service Corps, briefly taught at Bishop Onabanjo High School and Ile-ogbo Anglican Church Grammar School.
He worked as an Agricultural Engineer in the Oyo North Agricultural Development Project in Shaki, Oyo State, eventually rising to Executive Agro Processor in 1989.
From 1991 to 1992, he served as Principal Irrigation Engineer for FADAMA I Coordination.
He joined the Osun State Agricultural Development Programme in 1997, becoming Assistant Director, then Deputy Director in 2001, and Director of Engineering Services in 2005.
Elected to the Nigerian Senate in 2019 as an APC candidate representing Osun West, he previously served as General Manager of the Osun State Agricultural Development Corporation (2007–2013) and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources, Rural Development, and Community Affairs (2013–2016).
Party Positions
Policy positions from the All Progressives Congress (APC) party manifesto.
Security & Defense
Enhances compensation, medical care, housing support, scholarships, stipends, and health insurance for military personnel injured in duty and their families.
Governance & Reform
Commits to amending Nigeria’s governance architecture through constitutional review and collaboration with the National Assembly and State Governments to grant States greater autonomy over critical matters like crime prevention, prisons, stamp duties, and taxation.
Economy & Trade
Reforms the Federal Budgetary Methodology to move away from oil revenue dependence and base spending on projected growth, establishing an inflationary ceiling to optimize fiscal policy without causing excessive inflation.
Infrastructure
Launches a National Infrastructure Campaign to modernize national infrastructure by hiring millions of unemployed Nigerians through the fiscal flexibility gained from reforming budgetary methodology.
Agriculture
Will encourage local farmers to form farm cooperatives, enabling them to pool resources for modern farming equipment, fertiliser, and access priority government agricultural assistance programs (extension services), with tax breaks and credits.
Environment & Climate
Will **reduce Nigeria’s gas flaring** by removing it from the top 10 countries with highest flares, aiming to maximize sector benefits while eliminating environmental harm.
Anti-corruption
Curb reliance on imported goods via luxury taxes, higher tariffs, and processing fees while incentivizing local manufacturing with tax credits/rebates.
Enterprise grant support
Provides tax credits, holidays, and reduced interest rate loans for businesses that hire a specified percentage of youth in their workforce and offer on-the-job training.
Energy
Will increase Nigeria’s domestic crude oil production to **2.6 million barrels per day by 2027** and **4 million barrels per day by 2030**, while implementing a Special Enforcement and Monitoring Unit to deter theft, vandalism, and pipeline breaches using drones and aerial surveillance.
Education
Introduces a new management system for federally funded primary and secondary schools via Boards of Education, reserving community representation in decision-making.
Healthcare
Will strengthen primary healthcare infrastructure with incentive schemes, counterpart funding programs, and grassroots preventative care (vaccinations, cancer screening, blood pressure monitoring) in collaboration with state/local governments.
Technology & Digital
Establishment of an advisory committee to review and reform regulatory frameworks for blockchain technology and virtual asset services.
Reliefs and scholarships
Provides **conditional income support** to very poor households, tied to human capital development goals like high-school attendance, healthcare, and nutrition.
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