Ogun West needs lawmaker with experience, says Adeola

• Published date: 20 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Adeola, has said Ogun West Senatorial District would be better off with an experienced legislator like him than a newbie senator, who might spend years to understand the working of the parliament.

Addressing a large crowd of people in continuation of his ward-to-ward campaign at Ado Odo axis of Ado Odo Ota Local Government, Adeola, the senatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun West, said he would be going to the Red Chamber as a ranking senator with cognate legislative experience not only in the Senate as a two-term member, but also with progressive experience at the state legislature and House of Representatives.

'From the marginalisation of Ogun West and what I am seeing of the level of underdevelopment, we as a people need a ranking legislator to bring in proven wealth of experience in attracting development from the Federal Government. Clearly, none of my competitors in the race possesses enough or even any legislative know how to do a good job in addressing the development challenges of Ogun West,' he said.

Adeola noted that even before his election as their senator, he had shown capacity to make a difference in the development landscape of Ogun West in the area of infrastructure, human resource development, assistance to...