For Senator Solomon Adeola, It’s a Proud Moment

In the quiet town of Ilaro, nestled in the industrial heart of Ogun West, drums of joy are beating. Not metaphorically. Literally. The people are celebrating, and for good reason: their polytechnic, long a bastion of technical training, has finally been elevated to a Federal University of Technology. And the man behind the curtain—or rather, firmly at the centre stage—is Senator Solomon Adeola, better known to his people as “Yayi.”

It is the kind of legislative triumph that sings. For a district long passed over in the federal university sweepstakes, this moment isn’t just about infrastructure or degrees; it’s about visibility, validation, and vision.

President Bola Tinubu’s assent to the bill, announced with a flourish by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, confirmed what many in Ogun West had hoped for but hardly dared to expect: that their years of lobbying, led doggedly by Yayi across three Senate sessions, had finally paid off.

“I started this journey in 2016,” Yayi recalled, a rare mix of political stamina and local loyalty in his voice. “We were the only district in Ogun without a federal university. Now, we’re on the map.” And indeed, they are—firmly inked in federal ink. For the people of Ogun West, this is a reckoning. With robust infrastructure already in place, and a pipeline of skilled personnel, the new Federal University of Technology, Ilaro, arrives not as an aspiration but as a ready-made institution. A declaration that Ogun West is not an afterthought but a destination.

For Yayi, it’s also a prelude. With whispers of a governorship bid humming in the background, this moment feels less like a political crescendo than the opening chords of a bigger symphony.

If the university is a gift to his people, it is also a signal: Yayi isn’t done yet. Not by a long shot