The State of Osun House of Assembly, as the legislative arm of government at the State level, is a creation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In Osun State, the House of Assembly became operationalized shortly after the creation of Osun State from the old Oyo State in 1991. Members of the first Assembly in Osun State were inaugurated in January 1992.
The Osun State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of the Osun State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 26 members elected from the 30 local government areas of the state known as state constituencies.
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In some places, two local government areas are merged to form a single state constituency. Therefore, this makes the number of legislators in the Osun State House of Assembly 26 instead of 30.
The fundamental functions of the Assembly are to enact new laws, amend or repeal existing laws and oversight the executive.
Members of the assembly are elected for a term of four years concurrent with federal legislators (Senate and House of Representatives). The state assembly also convenes three times a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) in the assembly complex within the state capital, Osogbo.
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The current speaker of the 7th Osun State House of Assembly is Timothy Owoeye. Timothy Owoeye from APC representing the Ilesha East constituency was elected Speaker, while Femi Popoola from APC representing Boripe/Boluwaduro constituency was elected Deputy Speaker.
The 2019 Osun State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Osun State House of Assembly in Nigeria.
The 2023 Osun State House of Assembly election was held on March 18, 2023, to elect members of the 8th Osun State House of Assembly in Nigeria.
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In this post, we shall discuss a list of representatives from the Iwo State Constituency at the Osun State House of Assembly in Osogbo from 1999 till Date.
Hon. Adisa Tajudeen Ayofe
Member House of Assembly Iwo (1999 – 2003)
Hon. Sunday Olufemi Oroniyi
Member House of Assembly Iwo (2003 – 2007)
Sunday Oroniyi contested under the PDP platform and emerged as the Iwo State Constituency representative at the third Osun State House of Assembly.
Hon. Salinsile Rasaq Ayobami
Member House of Assembly Iwo (2007 – 2011)
Salinsile Rasaq contested the Osun State House of Assembly in the 2007 general election under the platform of AD and emerged as the winner fourth Osun State House of Assembly.
Salinsile was a member of the state Assembly between 2007 and 2011 where he chaired the House Committee on Health.
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Hon. Adeyemo Ezekiel Adedibu
Member House of Assembly Iwo (2011 – 2015)
Adeyemo Ezekiel contested the Osun State House of Assembly in the 2011 general election under the platform of APC and emerged as the winner 5th Osun State House of Assembly.
Hon. Ibrahim Gbadebo Abdullahi
Member House of Assembly Iwo (2015 – 2019)
Ibrahim Gbadebo popularly known as ‘O’Buremo‘ contested the Osun State House of Assembly in the 2015 general election under the platform of APC and emerged as the winner 6th Osun State House of Assembly.
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Hon. Uzamot Halil Adebayo
Member House of Assembly Iwo (2019 – 2023)
Uzamot Halil Dodo contested the Osun State House of Assembly in the 2019 general election under the platform of APC and emerged as the winner 7th Osun State House of Assembly.
Hon. Adesina Rabiu Atanda
Member House of Assembly Iwo (2023 – )
Adesina Rabiu contested under the PDP platform and emerged as the Iwo State Constituency representative at the 8th Osun State House of Assembly.
Adesina Rabiu Atanda politically known as ARA contested under the PDP platform and scored 17,358 votes while Hon. Tunde Akinwola Akinlawon of the Action Peoples’ Congress (APC) scored 10,355 votes and Engr. Adelaja Kasali Nurudeen of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) scored 2,294 votes.
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) are the two major political parties in Iwo State Constituency.
What has improved in Iwo State Constituency? The emergence of the names stated above should have impacts on the lives of their constituencies. What have been their contributions to the house? How many bills have they sponsored?
