Festus Ayodele Adefiranye bags Lawmaker of the year Award by AINPN
On December 22, 2024, Festus Ayodele Adefiranye, a Member of the House of Representatives in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly, will be honored with the Lawmaker of the Year Award by the Association of Independent Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria, Ondo State Chapter. This recognition will take place during a lecture and award ceremony themed “Unintended Consequences of Oil Deregulation: The Impacts on Nigerians and Lessons for the Financial Sector.”
The prestigious event is scheduled to be held at the OSDPC Multi-Purpose Event Center in Ijapo Estate, Akure. The Honourable Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Otunba Wale Akinlosotu, will serve as the Chief Host, while Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa will attend as the Special Guest of Honour.
Adefiranye is a former member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, having contested and won the seat to represent the Ileoluji/Okeigbo State Constituency under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Between 2019 and 2023, he served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Human Capital Development and Public Accounts, as well as Deputy Chief Whip of the Ondo State House of Assembly. He also held a position on the Governing Council of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State from May 2017 to March 2019.
In 2022, Adefiranye expressed his intention to contest the House of Representatives election to represent the Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo/Odigbo Federal Constituency during the National Assembly elections held on February 25, 2023, under the platform of the APC. He was subsequently declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Since his inauguration as a Member of the House of Representatives, Adefiranye has sponsored and moved several motions. Notable among these include “A Need for Rehabilitation and Dualization of Ore-Ondo-Akure Federal Road,” “Fuel Tanker Explosion at Ore in Odigbo Local Government of Ondo State That Claimed 30 Lives,” and “The Need for Immediate Completion of the Okeigbo – Igbo Olodumare Power Project in Ile Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.”
On October 25, 2023, he sponsored a bill titled “Act to Provide for the Establishment of the Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery Okeigbo, Ondo State.”
Throughout his career, Adefiranye has received multiple awards, including the Excellent Service Award from The International Association of Lions Clubs (Ikeja Metro Lions Club, District 404-2), One Star Fellow from Lions Club District 404B-2, Okeigbo Man of the Year (2006) from Okeigbo Day Celebration, Distinguished Ambassador (2006) from Okeigbo Grammar School Golden Jubilee, Philanthropist Award (2010) from Okesa Youth Association, and Merit Award (2014) from the National Association of Okeigbo Students, among others.
In addition to being a dynamic Nigerian politician and lawmaker, Adefiranye is a trained Telecommunication Engineer and serves as the CEO of Simidebis International LTD.
Distinguished personalities will be honoured alongside Festus Ayodele Adefiranye for his quality representation and devotion to duty as the lawmaker representing his constituency.
