Awarded Senator of the Year
It was a wonderful sight to behold for the people of Ondo South Senatorial district as its illustrious son, and Senator Representing the Constituency at the 9th National Assembly, Senator Nicholas Tofowomo reeled out once again more dividends of a good Democratic process and Representation
Senator Nicholas Tofowomo over the years has been widely known and noted for his ever progressive strides towards making engaging polity as a veritable tool for communal and social advancement and his rich political profile as seen him create for himself a magnificent and laudable antecedent which has made him one of the most loved political figures in the state.
His ever cheerful and always positive personality ensures that people are always endeared to him; he on his part has also ensured that he makes himself always and readily available to his people.
Based on his commitment and dedication to making life more meaningful to his people, it’s become quite an undeniable fact that he stands different among the current breed of political class present in the nation who are bent on personal glorification and gratification.
While the people of Ondo South Senatorial district might have been deprived of a good representation and the much needed dividends of a good Democratic system to adequately advance the area in the time past, Senator Nicholas Tofowomo through his activities ever since his election into office as a Senator representing the constituency in the 9th National Assembly has shown beyond all reasonable doubts that he is here to re-write the history book and bring about a meaningful and good representation to the people of Ondo South Senatorial district of the State.
Pushing forth in his determination to fulfilling more on his electoral promises which is aimed at ensuring the full empowerment of the people of Ondo South Senatorial district, a needful assignment which he believes will ensure and facilitate the financial independence of his people on the 11th of January 2021 gave out empowerment items to the people of Ondo South Senatorial district.
To the delight of the people, the senator as part of his empowerment initiative gave out items such as Motorcycles, Sewing Machine, to 100 youths and 100 women respectively: also the Senator saw to the teaching and training of over 150 youths on ICT training and development and at the end of the training, they were all empowered with a brand new HP Computer, 3-in-1 Deskjet Printer among others. The presentation of these items had taken place at the Odundun Hall, Ile-Oluji Town.
Appreciating the Senator for his laudable contributions to the senatorial district, Chief (Dr.). Eddy Olafeso thanked Senator Tofowomo for his kind gesture and also urged him to continue with his giant stride, while Senator Tofowomo stated that “Better things are still coming, what you see today is a tip of the iceberg, by December, I will roll out another sets of empowerment. Our students will be given scholarship, I will facilitate more projects to my constituency.”
Furthermore in another development, the Senator was also honored as the Senator of the year (2020) by the Roberts-Florence Oyesanmi Foundation, a US-based Non-Governmental Organization under the leadership of Oyesanmi Chris Babalola.
The award of excellence was presented by Prof. Alphonso Taiwo Oyesanmi and Dr. Oyesanmi Patrick Omokehinde on behalf of the foundation on the 12th of January 2021.
While Presenting the award, Prof. Taiwo in his words said “it is imperative to note that Distinguished Senator was nominated after a thorough observation of his good works which include but not limited to empowerment of youths and women, facilitation of solar lights to all local governments of Ondo South; prompt attention to the damaged government properties in Okitipupa with a promise to rebuild Okitipupa Divisional Police Office; enlist of our youths for Federal Government Special Public Works and recommendation of youths for job opportunities in government agencies, etc.
Senator Tofowomo while appreciating the foundation for the kind gesture, he thanked the foundation for counting him worthy of the award of excellence, he promised to deliver on his campaign promises to the good people of Ondo South and also partner the foundation in future programmes.
Dignitaries at the event include: Dr. Eddy Olafeso, Chief Oyedele Ibine, Solomon Bitire , Hon. Festus Dabo, Hon. Adewo Olusola, Hon. Omotehinse, Hon. Olu Egbodofo among others.
