Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Muraina Saubana Ajibola, has highlighted his constituency projects, legislative interventions and empowerment programmes during and after his time in office as part of his record of service to Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.
THE EVIDENCE — A RECORD THAT SPEAKS
Political promises describe what a candidate intends to accomplish. A track record provides evidence of what that individual has already done when entrusted with responsibility.
For Hon. Muraina Saubana Ajibola, the case for renewed representation is therefore best examined through the evidence of his previous service.
Across his years in the House of Representatives, his record reflects interventions that reached communities, created educational and employment opportunities, provided infrastructure, supported individuals and institutions, and brought important constituency concerns before the Federal Government and the National Assembly.
That experience matters.
Effective representation requires more than recognizing the problems facing a constituency. It requires an understanding of the legislative process, knowledge of the institutions responsible for delivering public projects, the ability to engage those institutions effectively, and the persistence required to move community needs from concern to legislative attention, from legislative attention to institutional action, and ultimately from action to tangible outcomes for the people.
Hon. Muraina Saubana Ajibola has had the opportunity to serve in this capacity before. His ability, therefore, should not be judged solely on promises about what he may do in the future. There is an established record of service and representation that the people can examine and use to assess his capacity.
That record deserves to be considered carefully, across the different periods in which he had the privilege of representing the people of Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.
Ultimately, the strongest measure of a representative is not simply what is promised, but what has been demonstrated through previous service.
PART II — CONTINUED INTERVENTIONS OUTSIDE PUBLIC OFFICE (2015–2019)
Although outside the House of Representatives during this period, Hon. Muraina Saubana Ajibola continued to support educational and community development initiatives.
Police Secondary School, Igboora
● Facilitated the construction of a block of 6 classrooms by a joint client of NNPC, NAE and OANDO at the Police Secondary School, Igboora.
● Donation of a MICANO (40KVA) Generator to the Police Secondary School, Igboora for efficient power supply to the School
● Financial contributions towards the construction and renovation of structures at Police Secondary School, Igboora.
● Donation of a transformer to Police Secondary School, Igboora.
While outside public office between 2015 and 2019, Hon. Saubana Ajibola Muraina continued to facilitate appointments and employment opportunities for qualified constituents and provided financial assistance to Students’ Union bodies, sick constituents and other people in need.
Employment Facilitation (2015–2018)
Facilitation of appointments and employment opportunities for SSCE, GCE, OND, HND, NCE and university graduates from Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Student, Medical and Welfare Support
Financial assistance to Students’ Union bodies, sick constituents and other needy persons across Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North.
PART III — THIRD TENURE / 9TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (2019–2023)
During the 2019–2023 tenure, Hon. Muraina Saubana Ajibola’s record combined constituency projects with legislative advocacy, capacity building, employment facilitation, public health interventions, security support and major infrastructure follow-up.
1. Modern Bus Stop, Towobowo Market, Igboora – Completed
2. Modern Bus Stop, Alagbaa Market, Oja Igboora – Completed
3. Modern Bus Stop, Jagun Compound, Ajegunle, Igboora – Completed
4. Modern Bus Stop, Onilado compound, Oke-iserin, Igboora- Completed
5. Modern Bus Stop, Iya Alaro Compd, Idofin, Igboora- Completed
6. Modern Bus Stop, Lagila Compound, Idere – Completed
7. Modern Bus Stop, Ayeda Market, idere – Completed
8. Modern Bus Stop, Baptist Grammar School, Ayete – Completed
9. Modern Bus Stop, Motor Park, Ayete – Completed
10. Modern Bus Stop, Motor Park, Tapa – Completed
11. Modern Bus Stop, Oyee Market, Tapa- Completed
12. Modern Bus Stop, New garage, Ansarudeen Area, Igangan – Completed
13. Modern Bus Stop, Motor Park, Oja Sango, Igangan – Completed
14. Modern Bus Stop, Elekokan Motor Park, Saabo area, Igangan – Completed
Hand-Pump Boreholes
1. Comprehensive Hospital, Igboora – Completed
2. Baba Aso Palace, Igbole, Igboora – Completed
3. Onilado market, Oke iserin, Igboora – Completed
4. Gbongbon Village, Idere – Completed
5. Oke Ogun New sites, Ayete – Completed
6. Oke Ayo Area, Tapa – Completed
7. Elempe palace, Tapa – Completed
8. Orile oremeji Area, Igboora – Completed
9. Eleede Village, Igangan – Completed
10. Asunnara Community, Igangan – Completed
Motorised Boreholes
1. Old garage, Iberekodo, Igboora – Completed
2. Eleegun Compound, Isale Oba, Igboora – Completed
3. Alabere Area, Ayete – Completed
4. Central Mosque, Tapa – Completed
5. Oba Otaobola Compound, Igboora – Completed
6. Alagbaa Village, Ayete – Completed
7. Olukotun Area, Isale Imofin, Tapa – Under Construction
8. Francisca Area, Igana Road, Igangan – Under Construction
9. Idi aako Area, Pako, Igboora – Under Construction
10. Olugbon/Ilupeju, Ore meji, Igboora – Under Construction
11. Central Mosque, Idere – Under Construction
12. Motorised Borehole, Central Mosque, Igangan – Under Construction
Public Toilets
1. Owotutu Compound, Pako, Igboora – Completed
2. Oja Oba, Igboora – Completed
3. Abudu compound, Oke Odo, Igboora – Completed
4. Oju-Aye (Koo) Idere – Completed
5. Odo Ogba Area, Idere – Completed
6. Ajisafe area, Ayete- Completed
7. Oke oloro area, tapa – Completed
8. Maternity Hospital, Oke Ola, Igangan – Completed
School Renovations
1. Methodist Grammar School, Igboora – Completed
2. Igboora Grammar School, Isale-Oba, Igboora – Completed
3. School of Science, Idere – Completed
4. Ayelogun Grammar School, Idere – Completed
5. Baptist Grammar School, Ayete – Completed
6. Maku Grammar School, Tapa – Completed
7. Oke Aako High School, Igangan – Completed
8. Adegun Asake Grammar School, Igangan – Under Construction
9. Lajorun High School, Igboora – Under Construction
Capacity Building
● Vocational training for 250 constituents, with training materials and starter packs provided.
● Vocational training for 200 participants from the constituency in soap making, paint making and other vocations.
Sports Development
● Sponsoring of scintillating football competitions among private and public secondary schools across the constituency with fascinating rewards to the winners and all participating schools.
● Giving financial support to schools to purchase sporting facilities.
● Cash donations to private and public schools during their Annual Athletic Inter-House sports competitions.
Roads and Transportation
In addition to delivering key commuter facilities, his track record further encompasses the following accomplishments:
● 10KM Okeola Market to Idiyan Road, Igangan.
● Facilitation of the rehabilitation of Igboora–Eruwa Expressway — asphalt overlay by FERMA, as a fallout of a motion after Oko Oloyun’s assassination.
● Honourable Saubana Ajibola Muraina also used motions in the House of Representatives to pursue major road challenges affecting the area.
● Following his motion on the gruesome murder of Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun, his track record identifies the following outcome:
a. FERMA carried out asphalt repair of the road in 2021.
b. On 25 November 2021, Honourable Saubana Ajibola Muraina moved: “Need to Extend the Lagos-Kano Standard Gauge Railway to Sanusu Railway Station Close to Igbo-Ora in Ibarapa Area of Oyo State.”
This reveals a broader dimension to his thinking about connectivity. While bus stops and roads respond to immediate transportation needs, pursuing an extension of the national standard-gauge railway towards Ibarapa points towards the larger possibilities of connecting the constituency to economic centres and national transportation networks.
Agriculture and Economic Support
● Facilitation of Federal Government grants to the Farmers and Artisans.
● Sponsoring of business registration with Corporate Affairs Commission.
● Giving cash incentives to traders across the constituency and aiding easy access to soft loans in Micro Finance Bank, Igboora.
● Distribution of agricultural inputs to the farmers across the constituency.
● Motivation of small-scale farmers and small and medium-scale business units for establishment and expansion.
Electricity and Power
Facilitating and following up on the ongoing construction of the 133KVA Transmission Stations at Igangan and Lanlate, and the changeover station at Igbo-Ora.
● Successfully moving motions for the construction of 33/11KVA Injection Substations at Igangan and Igbo-Ora, intended to maximise the output of the transmission infrastructure being developed in the area.
● Following up with relevant Federal Government agencies, including the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Federal Ministry of Power, on the electricity projects.
As a member of the House Committee on Power in the 9th National Assembly, Honourable Muraina Saubana Ajibola also highlighted his involvement in addressing obstacles threatening the completion of the transmission projects. These included:
• Compensation for Right of Way and affected landowners, which TCN substantially paid.
● Variations sought by contractors for additional works, including the special tower required for the projects.
● Measures following the fire outbreak at the Lanlate Transmission Station, with the contractor directed to bear the cost of replacing affected equipment.
● The need for enhanced Letters of Credit for the three contractors handling different aspects of the transmission and cabling projects.
Following these contributions, records shows that TCN directed the contractors to remobilise to their respective sites, although the contractor handling the Igangan Transmission Station had at the time raised security concerns about returning to site.
His community-level electricity achievements also included:
• Construction of Solar Street Lights from Igboora Central Mosque down to Ajegunle Market, Igboora.
• Construction of Solar Street Lights from Ajegunle Market in Igboora towards General Hospital, Igboora.
• Construction of Solar Street Light at Igangan, Ayete and Tapa.
• Cash donations to repair some faulty transformers in some areas across the constituency.
What makes this aspect of Honourable Muraina Saubana Ajibola’s record particularly relevant today is that the electricity problem has outlived his tenure. His previous efforts therefore should not be presented as though the challenge was solved. Instead, they establish something important about his capacity: when he had a seat in the House, he understood the scale of the problem, pursued community-level interventions, took the larger infrastructural need to the legislative floor, and engaged the federal institutions responsible for delivering it.
For a constituency still waiting for the full promise of reliable electricity, his return to the House would therefore present an opportunity not to begin the conversation afresh, but to take forward a struggle he had already invested legislative effort and institutional engagement in pursuing.
Youth Empowerment and Skills Development
For Honourable Muraina Saubana Ajibola, youth empowerment was not simply about providing temporary assistance. His achievement reflects an emphasis on practical skills, enterprise and self-employment—giving young people opportunities to develop capabilities they could translate into productive livelihoods.
This approach recognised an important reality: while formal employment remains desirable, it cannot be the only pathway available to young people. Creating opportunities must also mean equipping them to produce, build businesses and generate income independently.
● Seminar and empowerment programme on cassava cultivation, processing and modern marketing methods.
● Seminar on improved cashew cultivation and cashew nut exportation.
● Workshops/training and empowerment on fish production, processing, preservation and marketing.
● Workshop and empowerment of youths on capacity building and self-employment programmes.
● Seminar and empowerment on liquid soap and cosmetics production and marketing.
● Workshop and empowerment on paint production and marketing.
● Poultry production and associated value chain, including training and distribution of inputs and cash to trainees.
● Vocational Training and Empowerment of Unemployed Youths in Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North on beads making.
● Vocational Training and Empowerment of Unemployed Youths in Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North on catering and cream making.
● Training and Empowerment of Farmers in Poultry Production and Disease Control in Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North Federal Constituency.
His accomplishment also includes separate training programmes involving about 100 youths each in:
● Paint making.
● Chalk production, liquid soap and hand sanitizer.
● Beads making, cream making and perfume production.
● Agribusiness and export promotion.
What stands out is the amount of opportunity presented by these programmes. Agriculture, food production, cosmetics, catering, manufacturing skills and agribusiness each offered a different route through which young people could put their abilities to productive use.
In some cases, the support went beyond acquiring knowledge. The poultry-production programme, for instance, combined training with the distribution of inputs and cash to trainees, helping participants move from learning a skill towards putting that knowledge into practice.
This speaks to the thoughtfulness of Honourable Saubana Ajibola Muraina’s approach to representation. Empowerment, in his hands, was not merely about what could be given to young people, but about what they could be equipped to do for themselves.
That is the kind of representation that invests not only in the development of communities, but in the capacity of the people who will ultimately determine their future.
Employment Facilitation and Human Capital Development
● Appointment of our youths into Federal Civil Service.
● Appointment into the Distribution Companies (DISCO) of our unemployed youths.
● Appointment of our unemployed youths into government agencies, ministries and parastatals.
● Facilitating links between our unemployed youths and non-government organizations.
● These efforts are not represented merely by an assertion that “jobs were facilitated.” There are names behind the claim—individual beneficiaries whose employment opportunities form part of the record. The beneficiary list identifies people who secured employment, alongside others who benefited from scholarship opportunities.
Employment Beneficiaries
● Akeem Abass — Employment
● Mr Olawoore Niyi — Employment
● Mr Kasali Mudasiru — Employment
● Mrs Olawoore Folake — Employment
● Lawal Fatai — Employment
● Wale Egunbambi — Scholarship + Employment
● Abiola Faisal — Employment
● Ojemakinde Olajumoke — Employment
● Salako Rotimi — Employment
● Adeniji Abideen — Employment
● Akinteye Haruna — Employment
● Aderogba Qosim — Employment
● Aderogba Adewale — Employment
● Adetona Akeem — Employment
● Atilola Tobi — Employment
● Adeleke Adeolu — Employment
● Oyeleke Wasiu — Employment
● Nureni Adesola — Employment
● Adesope Muritala — Employment
● Eyinade Seun — Employment
● Barr Bolarinwa Bisi — Employment
● Ireti Adepoju — Employment
● Oyewole Olu of Igboora — Employment
● Agbedeyi Mosa — Employment
● Adesope Muritala Charity — Employment
● Babalola Muslim Ololade — Employment
● Adelere Victoria Olukayode — Employment
● Oladeji Taiwo — Employment
● Kehinde Janet Ebunoluwa — Employment
● Idowu Haruna Kosemani — Employment
● Atilola Oluwatobi Francis — Employment
● Olagoke Oluniyi (late) — Employment
● Ademola Ibukunoluea — Employment
● Saliu Musiliat Adebare — Employment
● Olawuyi Sunday Oladele — Employment
● Olawuwo Olutayo — Employment
● Adeoye Akeem A — Employment
● Akinyele Abiodun — Employment
● Ayanleke Olubisi — Employment
● Ogunjimi Tope — Employment
● Fagbire Kayode — Employment
● Saubana Idowu — Employment
● Adeoye Kayode — Employment
Overseas Scholarship Beneficiaries
● Associate Prof. Dauda Jamiu A — Overseas Scholarship
● Dr Rasaq Lamidi — Overseas Scholarship
● Dr Kabir Akinyemi — Overseas Scholarship
● Mrs Oguntade Fadejimi — Overseas Scholar
● Engr Adeyemo Adesina — Overseas Scholar
● Ahmed Falohun — Overseas Scholarship
● Opeoya Nafisat — Overseas Scholarship
● Orisadeyi — Overseas Scholarship
● Abdullahi Muheel — Overseas Scholarship
Recorded Current Positions / Organisations of Beneficiaries
The source record provides the following current positions, organisations or educational destinations. Where only an organisation is stated, no unverified job title has been added.
1. Associate Prof Dauda Jamiu A – Oversea scholarship, Leeds Beckett University, UK
2. Akeem Abass- Employment VON, OYO state NUJ chairman
3. Dr Rasaq Lamidi – Overseas scholarship, University of Birmingham, UK
4. Dr Kabir Akinyemi – Overseas scholarship, Birmingham City University, UK
5. Mr Olawoore Niyi – Employment State controller, Federal Ministary of works
6. Mr Kasali Mudasiru – Employment, Assistnt Director, Federal Ministry of Environment
7. Mrs Olawoore Folake – Employment, Federal Ministry of Justice.
8. Mrs Oguntade Fadejimi – Overseas scholar, Ministry of Works, Ghana
9. Engr Adeyemo Adesina – Overseas scholarship, Production manager, Golden Starch
10. Lawal Fatai – Employment, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission
11. Wale Egunbambi – Scholarship +Employment, Nig Petroleum Training Institute,
12. Efunru Abiola Faisal – Employment, Nigeria Customs
13. Ojemakinde Olajumoke – Employment, Civil Defence
14. Salako Rotimi – Employment, Civil Defence
15. Adeniji Abideen – Employment, Ass Director, PTDF
16. Akinteye Haruna – Employment, Federal Ministry of Works
17. Aderogba Qosim – Employment, Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Agency
18. Aderogba Adewale – Employment, Federal Ministry Labour and productivity
19. Adetona Akeem – Employment, Nigerian Customs
20. Atilola Tobi – Employment, Civil Defence
21. Ahmed Falohun – Oversea Scholarship
22. Adeleke Adeolu – Employment, Civil Defence
23. Oyeleke Wasiu – Employment, Ministry of Agriculture
24. Opeoya Nafisat – Overseas scholarship, UK
25. Nureni Adesola – Employment, Standard Organisation of Nigeria
26. Adesope Muritala – Employment, Federal Ministry of Education
27. Eyinade Seun – Employment, Nigeria Customs
28. Barr Bolarinwa Bisi – Employment, Federal Ministry of Justice.
29. Ireti Adepoju – Employment, FMC
30. Oyewole Olu of Igboora – Employment, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
31. Agbedeyi Mosa- Employment, Federal Ministry of Education
32. Orisadeyi Sade – Oversea Scholarship, Holand
33. Adesope Muritala Charity – Employment, Federal Ministry of Education
34. Babalola Muslim Ololade – Employment, Federal Ministry of Education
35. Adelere Victoria Olukayode – Employment, Federal Ministry of Education
36. Oladeji Taiwo – Employment, Federal Ministry of Education
37. Kehinde Janet Ebunoluwa – Employment, Federal Ministry of Education
38. Idowu Haruna Kosemani – Employment, Federal Ministry of Education
39. Atilola Oluwatobi Francis – Employment, Federal M
