Oriolowo Adelere Adeyemi

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).