A recent publication in The Cable where one Risquat Ajewolede calls to question the ability of a journalist to embark on genuine investigative work.
Ajewolede threw caution in her hatchet assignment and torn into shreds the ethics of the noble profession.
Coming out with a jaundiced view that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may lose the 2027 general elections because, according to her, the Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Idiat Oluranti Adebule had performed “poorly”, showed that people like the writer and her sponsors dwell in the dark.
First, Ajewolede and her cohorts should know that President Tinubu will win a landslide not only in Lagos but in the entire South West and Nigeria in 2027.
A lot of factors which caused the defeat in 2023 have been addressed and the commendable performance of the President has rekindled the hopes and aspirations of ordinary Nigerians and they will reward him with millions of votes in 2026.
Talking about Senator Adebule’s performance, we know where the campaign of calumny is coming from.
Ordinarily one should not respond to such warped views but there is always the need to put the record straight.
Documented constituency projects facilitated by Senator Idiat Oluranti Adebule have countered claims questioning her performance as the representative of Lagos West Senatorial District, with interventions spanning education, healthcare, youth empowerment, skills acquisition and community development across the district.
Since assuming office, the Senator has facilitated and attracted projects to Alimosho, Ojo, Badagry, Mushin, Oshodi-Isolo, Ifako-Ijaiye and Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Areas, alongside empowerment programmes targeting thousands of constituents.
Among the educational interventions is the construction and commissioning of a six-classroom block at State Primary School, Mafoluku, Oshodi, as well as the facilitation of a 36-classroom block at Awodi-Ora Primary School in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area.
The education drive also extended to St. Michael’s Primary School in Ojo, which benefited from infrastructure support aimed at improving the learning environment.
In the healthcare sector, Adebule facilitated the construction of a 40-bed Renewed Hope Public Health Centre at Ojokoro in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area.
She also facilitated the ongoing construction of a Primary Health Centre at Igbolobi, a riverine community in Ojo Local Government Area, to improve access to quality healthcare for residents.
As part of efforts to tackle unemployment and promote self-reliance, the senator facilitated the establishment of a Skills Acquisition Training Centre at Damigoro, Mushin, while work is progressing on the Badagry Youth Development and Skills Acquisition Centre.
The interventions are aimed at equipping youths and women with vocational and digital skills to enhance entrepreneurship and employment opportunities.
To boost commercial activities, Adebule also facilitated the construction of locked-up shops at Amikanle, Pipeline area of Agbado-Oke Odo Local Council Development Area in Alimosho.
Beyond infrastructure, the senator has sustained large-scale empowerment programmes across the district.
In 2024, she empowered 1,000 constituents under her Mega Empowerment Programme through the distribution of tools, equipment and support packages.
The initiative was expanded in 2025 with another Mega Empowerment Programme that benefited 1,000 constituents drawn from communities across Lagos West Senatorial District.
The senator also organised the maiden edition of the Lagos West Women’s Assembly and Cash Empowerment Programme in 2025, providing financial support and economic empowerment opportunities for women across the district.
