Ibarapakan Wows Programme Hosts as He Shares 21-month Achievements, Unveils Future Plans on Fresh FM
Member representing Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency, Hon. (Dr.) Anthony Adebayo Adepoju, has shared his legislative experiences, achievements and plans for the people of his constituency on the popular Political Circuit, a programme anchored by ace journalist Mayor Isaac Brown.
Answering questions from a team of journalists on the show, including Mr Ademola Babalola, Chairman Oyo State Union of Journalists, on Saturday, March 15, 2025, Hon. Adepoju explained that he left no stone unturned to hit the ground running in achieving the core roles of a lawmaker, which include making laws and contributing to national issues for the betterment of his constituency and Nigeria as a whole.
Hon. Adepoju expressed that his constituency comprises five principal communities: Igboora, Idere, Ayete, Tapa and Igangan. He announced that no one in the communities will find his physical projects difficult to access, in addition to job opportunities, which he facilitates almost every week for the people of the constituency since his election in 2023.
The lawmaker stated that the number of employed graduates on his database is roughly 150, noting that this revelation is not debatable, as those who have been gainfully employed are real individuals whose employment is regularly published once their employment letters are released.
When asked about his plans for the next few months, the lawmaker shared pleasant news of his readiness to upgrade and reconstruct the existing Igangan Town Hall into a modern town hall, vocational and examination centres. The lawmaker disclosed that this feat was achieved in the recently passed budget through his unrelenting efforts and uncompromising desire for total infrastructural, educational and social development of Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.
Concerning the state-of-the-art project in Igangan which will commence anytime soon, Hon. Adepoju said his 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.
The lawmaker also stated that he ensured the provision of tractors was captured in the 2025 budget for farmers in the constituency. He noted that within the next three months, there would be tractors for farmers, eliminating 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.
Aside from that, he also said that he would be replacing all faulty electric poles from Eruwa to Igangan to enable the people of his constituency enjoy a stable power supply. He assured everyone that the project was also captured in the 2025 budget through his efforts. He expressed that the issue of blackout in his constituency has caused him concern, but he is confident that the replacement of faulty electric poles will end the issue of power epilepsy in the constituency.
He promised that the project will be completed within the next three months, stating that the installation of transformers in Idere, Ayete, Tapa and Igangan would commence within the next few weeks, just like the ones in Pako and Onilado, all in Igboora, which were fully facilitated and installed between December 2024 and February this year.
The lawmaker reiterated that the needs of each community are not the same, maintaining that he would continue to listen to the people of his constituency to bring more dividends of democracy to them.
Among the long list of achievements Hon. Adepoju listed during the programme include:
Job opportunities for roughly 150 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
2 Facilitated Cassava Processing Plants in three communities:
i Igangan
ii Tapa
iii Igboora
3 Facilitated Solar-powered cold room in Igboora
4 Facilitated Two motorised boreholes in Idere
5 Facilitated six motorised boreholes in Igboora
6 Facilitated 100 solar streetlights in Ayete and Igboora
7 Initiated the Hon. (Dr.) Adebayo Adepoju Scholarship Offer for the Best Students in SSCE and UTME.
8 Initiated the Hon. (Dr.) Anthony Adebayo Adepoju UTME Scholarship where free UTME forms were doled out to students of the constituency.
9 Introduced 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.
10 Organised constituency-wide tutorial classes for prospective 2024 jambites with the services of experienced and qualified tutors.
11 Conducted data collection of constituents who graduated in the last five years (2018–2023) and are currently not gainfully employed in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.
12 Held the first-ever constituency town hall meeting to chart a new course for the development of the constituency.
13 Hosted the first-class and distinction graduates with presentation of cash gift and placing them on priority list for job opportunities in order to encourage academic excellence in the constituency.
14 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.
15 Moved a motion on the need to safeguard the academic pursuits of Nigerian medical students in Ukraine.
16 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.
17 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).
18 Sponsored A Bill for an Act to Establish the Institute of Economists of Nigeria 2023. Status: (Passed)
19 Sponsored A Bill on Federal Medical Centres Act (Amendment) Bill, 2023 (HB.799) Status: (Awaiting presidential assent)
20 Sponsored a Bill to Upgrade the Federal College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, to a Federal University of Agriculture. Status: (Second reading)
21 Sponsored a Bill to Upgrade Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Lanlate, to a Federal University of Education. Status: (First Reading)
22 Sponsored A Bill on Dishonoured Cheque Act Amendment Bill 2014. Status: (First Reading)
23 A Bill on Regulation of Casual Labour in Nigeria 2024
24 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.
25 Donated to the tune of millions of naira, including the donation of the sum of four million naira (N4,000,000) to a patient, name withheld, who had a kidney transplant in the federal constituency.
26 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.
27 To distribute 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 on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
28 Distributed school bags to outstanding students in his free holiday lesson for both public and private secondary school students.
29 Facilitated reconstruction of Sagaun-Onimangoro Road in Igboora
30 Facilitated a block of six classrooms with a principal office in Ayete Community.
31 Facilitated a block of four classrooms in Idere Community.
32 Facilitated a block of three classrooms in Igboora Community.
33 Facilitated a block of three classrooms in Tapa Community.
34 Facilitated a block of three classrooms in Igangan Community.
35 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.
36 WAEC scholarships for outstanding students in his free holiday lessons.
37. Distributed over 500 fertilisers to farmers in the constituency.
38 Empowered constituents in digital skills with incentives
39 Facilitated the complete renovation of the abandoned Pako Magistrate Court.
40 Facilitated empowerment and sensitization programmes for youth and the old in the federal constituency, where another batch of 200 individuals were trained and empowered.
41 Sensitization and employment programme for youth in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.
42 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.
43 Facilitated and installed transformers to Pako and Onilado areas of Igboora to address the epileptic power supply in the constituency.
44 Distributed of Christmas, New Year Package to over 7,000 constituents in December 2024.
45 Hosted first-class and distinction graduates in the federal constituency (second edition)
46 Made a donation to community associations, community student union bodies and religious institutions worth over N5,000,000 in December 2024.
47 Facilitated 40 solar lights in Igangan.
48 Facilitated Greenhouse project to empower farmers in Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.
49 Hall renovation and computerisation project at Igboora Grammar School, Igboora for constituency use.
50 Facilitated construction of a well-equipped modern library to aid learning and research at NPC, Igboora.
51 Lawn Tennis and Basket Court at Oyo State College of Agriculture, which he promised to complete within the next three months, etc.
The lawmaker disclosed that he achieved the above in his 21 months in office, assuring his constituents of more benefits of representative government as he continues to show that being in government is service to God and humanity.
