Oriolowo Adelere Adeyemi
Oriolowo Adelere Adeyemi is a Nigerian politician. They have contested 1 election (1 win) across 1 party. Most recent: 2019 Senate Elections as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.
Political Career
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.
Agriculture
Launches the Irrigate Nigeria Project as a public-private partnership to develop small-scale irrigation and water catchment systems using modern technology to boost agricultural productivity.
Security & Defense
Will deploy modern aerial surveillance and advanced technology to monitor and deter intrusions into oil pipelines, power stations, and other critical national infrastructure in real time.
Environment & Climate
Accelerates the environmental cleanup and re-establishment of fisheries and profitable aquacultural activities in the Niger-Delta region to counter violent extremism and poverty-driven disaffection.
Economy & Trade
Will implement the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and additional favorable policies to attract investment in deep-water assets within 6 months, including encouraging signature bonus negotiations and royalty reliefs.
Infrastructure
Creates regional industrial hubs in specific zones (North West, North East, South East, South South, South West, North Central) to focus on labor-intensive manufacturing, with tailored investments (e.g., textiles, dry ports, glass, pottery, solid minerals, regulated mining).
Enterprise grant support
Work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to simplify loan processes for commercial banks, mandate federally owned banks to provide low-cost loans to youth-led enterprises, and expand business incubation centers to support youth innovation.
Energy
Will mandate gas metering equipment on all facilities where gas flaring occurs within 6 months and establish a special enforcement unit to monitor compliance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) on gas flaring reduction, with non-compliance leading to financial penalties for affected communities.
Governance & Reform
Reserve at least 3 cabinet positions for individuals under 40 and 6 more positions for members under the age of 40, and mandate that at least 20% of political appointments to Ministries/Dangomas (MDAs) be reserved for individuals under 40.
Education
Raises the priority of addressing out-of-school children, establishes a task force to review and strengthen programs like school feeding, and aims to reduce disaffected youth recruitment by violent groups.
Healthcare
Will establish a network of upgraded, equipped, and staffed general hospitals in every Local Government Area, tertiary facilities in each State, and world-class specialist hospitals in each geo-political zone to improve healthcare accessibility and quality.
Technology & Digital
Supports the development of MSMEs through partnerships with fintech players to expand access to capital and business development services.
Reliefs and scholarships
Commits to a conditional income support program requiring recipients to meet human capital goals (school attendance, healthcare, nutrition) in exchange for payments.
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