Solomon Olamilekan Adeola
Senator (Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations, 10th Senate), Ogun West (Senatorial) · APC
Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, known as Yayi, chairs the Senate Committee on Appropriations in the 10th Senate and has overseen the passage of three consecutive appropriation acts: the N28.77 trillion 2024 Appropriation Act (signed 1 January 2024), the N54.99 trillion 2025 Appropriation Act (passed February 2025), and the N68.32 trillion 2026 Appropriation Act (passed March 2026). His single most consequential bill as senator for Ogun West — the Federal University of Technology, Ilaro (Establishment) Act — was signed into law by President Tinubu on 22 May 2025, upgrading a 44-year-old federal polytechnic; the bill had previously passed both chambers in the 9th Senate but did not receive presidential assent. Constituency delivery, while largely reported through pro-government outlets and not independently verified by Tracka or BudgIT at the project level, includes reported road rehabilitation, health centre construction, school refurbishment, and empowerment schemes across Ogun West, at a time when Ogun State received the highest per-state constituency project allocation (N8.44 billion) in the 2025 ZIP budget. The record carries a question of transparency: Adeola moved the privilege motion that led to the three-month Senate suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi in March 2024, after Ningi alleged N3.7 trillion in budget insertions by the legislature — an episode that drew external scrutiny of the appropriations process, though no independent investigation has sustained Ningi's specific figures. No EFCC or ICPC charge or arraignment is on record against Adeola. The overall record is above average on legislative output and budget stewardship, with constituency delivery reported but not fully independently verified.
No court or anti-graft case on public record in this archive as of compilation. Absence of a record is not a clearance.
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- 1Why I switched from Lagos to Ogun West senatorial district - Senator SolomonVanguard · 2022-06-01
- 2Tinubu signs bill establishing Federal University of Technology, Ilaro into lawVanguard · 2025-05-22
- 3Rector hails Tinubu, Yayi over Ilaro Poly upgrade to varsityPunch Newspapers · 2025-05-22
- 4Tinubu signs law establishing Federal University of Technology, IlaroThe Eagle Online · 2025-05-22
- 5Senator Adeola: Isaga-Orile road currently being asphalted (X post)X (@AdeolaYAYI) · 2024-08-24
- 6N'assembly passes 2024 budget, increases appropriation by over N1trnTheCable · 2023-12-29
- 7Tinubu Signs N28.7tn 2024 Appropriation Bill Into LawChannels Television · 2024-01-01
- 8Senate Passes N54.9trn 2025 Appropriation BillNews Agency of Nigeria · 2025-02-13
- 9Nigeria: Senate Increases, Passes 2025 BudgetAllAfrica · 2025-02-13
- 10Senate Approves N68.3trn 2026 Appropriation BillNews Agency of Nigeria · 2026-03-31
- 11Senate Passes N68.3trn 2026 Budget, Prioritises Infrastructure, Health, And Legacy ProjectsIndependent Newspaper Nigeria · 2026-03-31
- 12How Senators Fared with Lawmaking First Year in the 10th National AssemblyNigerian Democratic Report · 2024-07-01
- 13The Senate Suspends Senator Ningi over Budget Padding AllegationsPLAC Legist · 2024-03-12
- 14Senate suspends Ningi for three months over N3.7tn budget padding allegationPunch Newspapers · 2024-03-12
- 15Budget padding scandal puts Senate under close scrutinyBusinessDay · 2024-03-13
- 16Budget padding accusation against legislature creates confusion, says AdeolaThe Nation Newspaper · 2024-03-01
- 17Senator Adeola Executes Over 250 Projects, Empowers 40,000 In Ogun West — GroupPlatform Times · 2025-06-01
- 182025 Budget: Ogun, Kano, Akwa Ibom get lion share in N163bn constituency project allocationBusinessDay · 2025-01-01
- 19Release details of N100bn 2024 intervention projects budget - Tracka tells Nigerian govtDaily Post Nigeria · 2024-05-17
- 20Federal University, Ilaro: Another Liberation Milestone for Ogun WestThisDay Live · 2025-05-30
- 21Senator Adeola Yayi named chairman senate committee on appropriationsGazette Nigeria · 2023-08-08
- 22Adeola explains N9 Trillion Increase in 2026 budget, details funding strategyThe Guardian Nigeria · 2026-04-01