The Ondo North Senatorial District has a new candidate: Prince Foluso Mayowa Adefemi, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate. The blue blood from Afin Akoko is determined to bring Ondo North and its people to a place of pride within Ondo State. He is committed to ensuring that the people of the senatorial zone achieve their maximum potential, collectively and individually.
He has the will and capacity to inspire and guide as a self-made man, while his track record of service to the six local government areas he seeks to represent speaks eloquently for him.
According to Adefemi, he does not believe in “barbing the people’s hair in their absence” by imposing palliatives and empowerment programs from Abuja on his constituents without first seeking their consent, opinions and understanding of their priorities. Rather, a practical and actionable blueprint summarising the needs and aspirations of the people and the senatorial zone has been developed through widespread consultations with residents of the constituency.
Adefemi is neither a newcomer nor a stranger to the political terrain of Ondo State or Ondo North. He is a true son of the soil who has consistently contributed to the human and infrastructural development of his people. His interventions include road repairs and installing solar-powered streetlights.
He has also been actively promoting education among young people through scholarship programs designed to support students and expand access to educational opportunities. Prince Adefemi said his scholarship initiatives are rooted in his firm belief in education’s transformational potential at both the individual and societal levels. Through these interventions, deserving young people across the senatorial zone have received support to pursue their academic aspirations.
Adefemi has developed pro-people policies aimed at accelerating the development of Ondo North, with special focus on youth capacity building and employment, improved road networks, affordable and quality healthcare, security, and school upgrades.
He said these five social issues are among the most recurrent themes in his conversations with men and women, traders, students, farmers, artisans, and other sections of the Ondo North population. Consequently, he has made them the focal points of his policy thrust and legislative advocacy in the Senate.
He has promised that his voice and votes on the floor of the Senate will be committed to the welfare of Ondo North rather than partisan interests or personal convenience.
In addition to his educational interventions, Mayowa Adefemi has created and managed skill acquisition centers where young people gain valuable vocational and life skills, including ICT, tailoring and woodwork. He has also provided mobile health services through which people in rural communities have accessed free medical check-ups, basic medications, potable water and other forms of assistance.
According to him, his public support programs are driven primarily by his passion for human development and social commitment. This is why he does not believe that service to the people should begin only after attaining a seat in the Red Chamber.
His ultimate aim in the Senate is to pursue and support greater fiscal devolution, so that states and local governments receive a larger and more equitable share of national resources. Prince Adefemi believes that Nigeria’s existing revenue-sharing structure is overdue for reform and that more resources should reach the levels of government closest to the people.
He further stated that he would seek strategic committee assignments in areas such as fiscal appropriations, agriculture and works, where he can channel his transformational zeal into key
developmental areas such as roads, education and other critical infrastructure that directly affect people’s lives.
Prince Foluso Mayowa Adefemi has also developed a transparent plan for how resources tied to his constituency representation should address people’s needs. Priority areas include education and human capital development, youth and women empowerment, healthcare facility upgrades and medical interventions, community infrastructure such as roads and water, and emergency support for vulnerable citizens.
The objective is to ensure that resources tied to his representation directly address identified community needs and measurably improve people’s lives.
To stay politically close to the people, Adefemi has promised to hold quarterly town hall meetings across the constituency. These meetings will provide an opportunity to feel the pulse of the people, update them on government policies, receive their responses and feedback, and use their contributions as guideposts for his legislative activities.
The town hall meetings will also allow every segment of the constituency, including students, farmers, traders, artisans, youth groups, women and community leaders, to ask questions about public expenditure, government policies and how those policies affect their everyday lives.
Adefemi has more than twenty years of experience in the maritime and environmental services sector.
Prince Adefemi served for eight years as President of the Gymnastics Federation of Nigeria and then for four years as a member of its board, giving him twelve years of significant leadership and administrative experience within the federation.
During his time in Nigerian gymnastics administration, he facilitated an exchange program between the Japan Gymnastics Federation and the Gymnastics Federation of Nigeria, creating an avenue for international cooperation, knowledge sharing, and the development of gymnastics in Nigeria.
He also worked extensively with the National Anti-Corruption Organization of Nigeria. Adefemi said these engagements helped him develop a deep understanding of the operational systems and inner workings of government agencies and institutions.
He further emphasized his understanding of the national budgetary process. He called for Ondo North to be represented by a strong, experienced, and socially committed voice capable of demanding and securing a fair share of national resources for the zone.
For Adefemi, effective representation is not merely about occupying a seat in the Senate. It means understanding how government works, identifying opportunities for the constituency, building the necessary relationships, and fighting persistently to ensure that Ondo North receives its rightful share of national development.
On his campaign website, he captures this philosophy in a simple but powerful statement:
“The real truth that most politicians won’t say is this: federal infrastructure doesn’t come to your district because you deserve it. It comes because somebody in the room fought for it, called it by name, and wouldn’t let it disappear into a general allocation.”
Prince Foluso Mayowa Adefemi presents himself as a man committed to matching words with action. His supporters believe that his life of service and commitment to community development reflects the meaning of his middle name, Mayowa — “the bringer of joy.”
For them, supporting his aspiration represents an opportunity to pursue a new era of responsive representation, human development and social progress for Ondo North.
Prince Foluso Mayowa Adefemi’s official campaign website provides further information for supporters and voters about his personality, policies, programs and track record.