Ibarapakan Holds Second Constituency Town Hall Meeting, Projects Commissioning in Ibarapa

Member representing Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency, Hon. (Dr.) Anthony Adebayo Adepoju, has held a constituency town meeting and projects commissioning as part of the activities marking his second year in office.

The town hall meeting was held at the New Ayete Town Hall on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, where members of constituents, representatives of different associations/organisations, traditional, religious and political leaders assembled to discuss pertinent issues related to the development of Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North.

Speaking at the event, the Executive Chairmen of Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Local Government Areas, Hon. Olusola Adeleke and Hon. (Alh.) Lateef Akorede, expressed their gratitude and appreciation for the kind of efforts Hon. Adepoju put into governance, culminating in so many physical projects, programmes and initiatives that address the challenges that the people of Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency face.

They emphasised that truly, when the righteous are in power, the people rejoice.

The traditional rulers, in their separate remarks, passed a vote of confidence in Hon. Adepoju for his effective representation in the last two years. According to them, the lawmaker has redefined leadership by leaving no stone unturned to use his office to serve his people meritoriously.

They appreciated the lawmaker’s inclusive and fair approach in his dealings, ensuring that resources meant for the constituency are evenly distributed.

The leaders of various associations also commended the lawmaker, urging him not to relent in finding a lasting solution to the issue of lack of electricity supply in the federal constituency.

Admonishing the political officeholders about the need to remember yesterday, today and tomorrow, the former commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Hon. (Alh.) Mukaila Majekodunmi Aborode, urged members of the political class to remember the people who voted for them and also remember tomorrow. He advised that everybody should be concerned about tomorrow. The Igangan-born politician commended Hon. Adepoju on all his developmental projects across the constituency.

Also in her own address, Hon. (Mrs.) Olufunmilayo Orisadey gave kudos to Hon. Adepoju, saying that Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North elected a true servant of the people in 2023. The former lawmaker and commissioner sought divine blessings in the life of Hon. Adepoju, praying for his protection and more political accomplishments so that the people of the constituency can enjoy him for long.

Also, the President of the Federation of Ibarapa Students’ Association, Com. Rokeeb Adekunle Adeegbe, who spoke on behalf of all the community students’ unions in the constituency, thanked Hon. Adepoju for his open-door policies. According to him, Hon. Adepoju’s good representation is evident in every nook and cranny of Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North, urging the lawmaker not to relent on his oars. Speaking further, the students’ leader asked the lawmaker to donate a students’ bus to each of the students’ unions in all five communities comprising Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency as well as award a bursary to the students’ community.

Addressing the constituents, Hon. Adepoju recognised the presence of The Executive Chairman, Ibarapa North Local Area, the Executive Chairman, Ibarapa Central LGA, Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Oyo State on constituency matters, the Executive Vice Chairman, Ibarapa North Local Area, the Executive Vice Chairman Ibarapa Central LGA, the leaders of the House of parliament in Ibarapa North LGA, The Leaders of the House of Parliament in Ibarapa Central LGA, all serving councillors, supervisory councillors and special assistants to the Executive Chairmen in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North LGAs, former state commissioners, the Asawo of Ayete Land (our host monarch), the Olu of Igboora Land, the Asingangan of Igangan, the Elempe of Tapa, the Onidere of Idere Land, Olu Aso of Iberekodo, Oni Sagaun of Sagaun-Un, Baba Aso of iberekodo Igbole, the Regent of Pako, the Chairman PDP Ibarapa North LGA, the Chairman of PDP Ibarapa Central, all LGA party Executives of the PDP, the leaders of PDP in the constituency, member, State Advisory Board of the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Leaders and members of the PDP, members of all other political parties, community and religious leaders, Heads of security agencies of government, all invited guests, all the traditional chiefs in the constituency, leaders and members of all the invited associations in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North, market men and women in attendance, students’ union bodies, members of the press, ladies and gentlemen.

Expressing his appreciation to his people, the lawmaker said, “I feel highly honoured to address you this morning while thanking you for the mandate given to me freely 2 years ago. As the quote says, “To whom much is given, much is expected.” Today is not a day to bore you down with lengthy rhetoric but to announce what we have been able to do with the mandate given to us in the last 24 months. There is no better way to express my gratitude for your show of support before, during and after the election and, most importantly, as I continue to represent you in the Nigerian House of Representatives.

“I appreciate our traditional rulers, leaders of associations/organisations and community men and women for making it up here today despite the short notice simply to chart a course for the development of our constituency.

“Before I proceed, I appreciate my leader and mentor, His Excellency, Engr. Oluseyi Makinde, for his inspiring leadership style, which has influenced me in all ramifications of my stewardship since 2023.

“Just like the first constituency town hall meeting held last year, the essence of today’s event is also to listen to ourselves and discuss our concerns and needs so as to solve them collectively, as a single tree cannot make a forest. Like I said during the electioneering campaign, I will never assume to know more than you. This way of life has shaped our decisions as a government and enabled us to facilitate monumental projects that are of community interest.

“In the last two years, we can beat our chest that we have touched virtually every area of human needs; we have initiated programmes and policies that ameliorate the living conditions of our teeming constituents educationally, economically, technologically and health-wise. Through our stewardship, we have demonstrated that true power resides in the hands of the led and that they, as such, deserve all forms of attention. We made accessibility, accountability and transparency our guiding principles, enabling us to deliver true dividends of democracy in our community.

“As we move ahead, aside from a series of things we have achieved, we also have a lot of proposed projects to be carried out this year. Part of it is the changing of all the faulty electric poles from Eruwa to Igangan to address the problem of electricity in our constituency because we believe that when there is no light, the economy suffers and the standard of living remains a nightmare. We are planning to buy tractors for our farmers in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency to eliminate the need for them to pay exorbitant fees to cultivate their land for planting various crops, thereby boosting their productivity and achieving the sustainable goal of food security in the constituency, we are also planning to reconstruct the existing town hall in Igangan which will commence anytime soon, my vision is primarily to have a fully equipped modern town hall, vocational and educational centres, all in one, where teeming youths, including students and residents, can have their social events, different vocational skill acquisitions and examination centres, such as JAMB, we have a lot of schools to be renovated and more to be built, we have a lot of programmes for our constituent and also tomorrow, Thursday, June 26, 2025 we will be empowering 1,000 widows in Igboora, Idere, Ayete, Tapa and Igangan. I want to also seize this moment to also urge our widows to remain orderly as the list comes in batches. If your name is not included in the list of the 1000 widows to provide social support tomorrow, don’t go there, as your name will be in the second or third batches which we have concluded to host every month. I want to assure us all that just as we have been celebrating a lot of developmental projects in our respective communities since 2023, I have also lobbied for a number of projects and initiatives to be carried out in our constituency once the 2025 budget starts running,” Hon. Adepoju said.

The federal lawmaker also seized the moment to highlight a series of projects and initiatives he had facilitated in the last two years, including:

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Job opportunities for over 160 constituents in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency in different agencies and parastatals of the federal government of Nigeria, which include but are not limited to

1. Job opportunities for over 160 constituents in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency in different agencies and parastatals of the federal government of Nigeria, which include but are not limited to

i Bureau of Statistics

ii Immigration

iii Civil Defence

iv Nigerian Army

v Nigeria Customs Service

vi Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria

vii Nigerian Television Authority

viii Nigeria Police Force

ix Human Rights Commission.

x Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

xi Federal Inland Revenue Service

xii Hydroelectric Power Producing Development Commission

xiii National Assembly of Nigeria

xiv Federal Fire Service

XV National Identity Management Commission

xvi Federal Medical Centre

xvii Ministry of Education

xviii Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)

With another close to 30 individuals waiting for their employment letters from:

i. Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA)

ii. Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA)

iii. Ogun-Osun River Basin Management Authority (OORBDA)

iv. Various tertiary institutions of learning

EMPOWERMENT

i. Empowered over 120 constituents in poultry farming with start-up funds in the constituency in order to increase the per capita income of the people of the constituency in September 2023.

ii. Empowered constituents in digital skills with incentives in August 2024

iii. Facilitated empowerment and sensitisation programmes for youth and the old in the federal constituency, where another batch of 200 individuals were trained and empowered, in October 2024.

iv. Empowerment of 1000 first batch of widows in the constituency, in June 2025

EDUCATION

i. Initiated the Hon. (Dr) Adebayo Adepoju Scholarship Offer for the Best Students in SSCE and UTME in September 2023.

ii. Initiated the Hon. (Dr) Anthony Adebayo Adepoju UTME Scholarship, where free UTME forms were doled out to students of the constituency in April 2024.

iii. Introduced the Ibarapakan Free Holiday Lesson for senior secondary school students in the five communities comprising Ibarapa Central and North Federal Constituency, empowering over 40 teachers every third term break through the initiative.

iv. Organised constituency-wide tutorial classes for prospective 2024 jambites with the services of experienced and qualified tutors.

v. Distribution of 40,000 exercise books and other academic instructional materials such as mathematical sets and school bags to students in public secondary schools across the constituency in June 2025.

vi. Distributed school bags to outstanding students in his free holiday lesson for both public and private secondary school students in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.

vii. Hosts first-class and distinction graduates in the federal constituency every year.

viii. Awarded fully funded MSc online scholarships to two constituents at INTI International University, Malaysia.

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT/CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS

1. Facilitated the reconstruction of Sagaun-Onimangoro Road and streetlighted in Igboora.

2. Facilitated construction of three cassava processing plants in Igboora, Tapa and Igangan

3. Renovation of Roman Catholic Primary School at Pako, Igboora

4. Facilitated construction of a solar-powered cold room in Igboora

5. Facilitated two motorised boreholes in Idere

6. Facilitated six motorised boreholes in Igboora

7. Facilitated two motorised boreholes in Ayete

8. Facilitated two motorised boreholes in Tapa

9. Facilitated two motorised boreholes in Igangan

10. Facilitated 100 solar streetlights in Ayete and Igboora.

11. Facilitated a block of six classrooms with a principal office in Ayete Community, Ayete Grammar School precisely.

12. Facilitated a block of four classrooms in Idere Community (a block of two classrooms at Ayelogun Grammar School, Idere and another block of two classrooms at Islamic Primary School I, Idere).

13. Facilitated a block of three classrooms in Igboora Community (Oke-Odo Primary School).

14. Facilitated a block of three classrooms in Tapa Community (Tapa Community Grammar School).

15. Facilitated a block of three classrooms in Igangan Community (Igangan Community High School).

16. Recently facilitated five powered solar boreholes in his constituency’s villages, cutting across the five towns that make up Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency, namely, Lajeebon, Igbo Nla, Kajola, etc.

17. Facilitated the complete renovation of the abandoned Pako Magistrate Court, Igboora.

18. Facilitated 40 solar lights in Igangan.

19. Hall renovation and facilitation of a solar-powered computer lab at Igboora Grammar School, Igboora, for constituency use.

20. Facilitated construction of a well-equipped modern library to aid learning and research behind NPC, Igboora.

21. Facilitated and installed transformers in the Pako and Onilado areas of Igboora to address the epileptic power supply in the constituency.

HEALTH

i. Medical Outreach for teeming constituents in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency, where services were rendered on: eye care services (screening of common causes of blindness, e.g., Cataract and Glaucoma), treatment of Conjunctivitis, minor surgeries where required and provision of reading glasses; dental care services (scaling and polishing, simple tooth extraction and other oral care); mental health and drug abuse (information, education and counseling; treatment and linkages to advanced care); health talks on key household practices; public awareness creation for NPHCDA, including Maternal and Child health, routine immunization, Ante Natal Care Services; laboratory services and screening (Diabetes, Hepatitis, HIV) and treatment/linkages/referrals and general Outpatient Consultation and Treatment (GOP-Care). This initiative was held across Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North in May 2025.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/ SOCIAL SUPPORT/ ENGAGEMENT

1. Distributed 600 bags of 50 kg of rice, 1200 bags of garri, chicken, and N5 million in cash to over 2,000 constituents for Christmas and New Year celebrations in December 2023.

2. Held the first-ever constituency town hall meeting to chart a new course for the development of the constituency. This comes up every year in order for constituents in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North to have a one-on-one conversation with the lawmaker to discuss their concerns and needs.

3. Hosts the first-class and distinction graduates with the presentation of cash gifts and placing them on a priority list for job opportunities in order to encourage academic excellence in the constituency. This is held every December.

4. Donated to the tune of millions of naira, including the donation of the sum of four million naira (₦4,000,000) to a patient, name withheld, who had a kidney transplant in the federal constituency.

5. Distribution of Christmas and New Year packages to over 7,000 constituents in December 2024.

6. Made a donation to community associations, community student union bodies and religious institutions worth over N5,000,000 in December 2024.

AGRICULTURE

i. Distributed over 500 fertilisers to farmers in the constituency in December 2024.

ii. Facilitated a greenhouse project to empower farmers in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.

SPORTS

i. Construction of a lawn tennis and basketball court at Oyo State College of Agriculture.

LEGISLATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS

MOTIONS:

i. Moved a motion on the need to safeguard the academic pursuits of Nigerian medical students in Ukraine.

ii. Moved a motion on the need for urgent government intervention to protect hapless Nigerians from discrimination and obvious apartheid policies in the hands of foreign nationals/employers.

iii. Moved a motion on the need to investigate and resume construction of the abandoned New Abeokuta-Igboora/Lanlate/Igangan 132/33 KV Double Circuit Transmission Line awarded in 2009 at the sum of one billion, nine hundred and thirty-four million, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand, four hundred and twenty-one naira, and two kobo (N1,934,129,421.02).

iv. Moved a motion on the call on the Federal Government of Nigeria and UNESCO to recognise the Igboora World Twins Festival and Idere Hills as a world-class cultural heritage.

v. Raised an appeal to the Honourable House to intervene to right the continuing injustice against employees of the University College (UCH) Ibadan, Oyo State, being owed for over 33 months.

BILLS:

i. Sponsored a Bill on the Federal Medical Centres Act (Amendment) Bill, 2023 (HB.799) Status: (Awaiting presidential assent)

ii. Sponsored a Bill for an Act to Establish the Institute of Economists of Nigeria 2023. Status: (Passed)

iii. Sponsored a bill to upgrade the Federal College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, to a Federal University of Agriculture. Status: (Public Hearing Scaled)

iv. Sponsored a bill to upgrade Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Lanlate, to a federal university of education. Status: (First Reading)

v. Sponsored a bill on the Dishonoured Cheque Act Amendment Bill 2014. Status: (First Reading)

vi. A Bill on Regulation of Casual Labour in Nigeria 2024

NOT TOO YOUNG TO RULE

i. Initiated a one-day House of Representatives for senior secondary school students where the winner presides over the constituency for a day in the National Assembly of Nigeria, Abuja. The winner of the first edition of the initiative is Hon. Peace Oluwaseyi Oladosu, becoming the first One-Day House of Representatives Member since the inception of democracy in 1999.

Shortly after the meeting, Hon. Adepoju also led members of his constituency to the various locations of his recently completed projects and had them commissioned in all the communities in Ibarapa North, as that of Ibarapa Central were commissioned on Thursday, June 26, 2025.

Hassan Adesodi Olaoniye
Special Adviser to Hon. (Dr.) Adebayo Adepoju
(Media and Publicity)
June 26, 2025