It’s Women’s Time: Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency 1 Clamours For Historic Female House Of Assembly Member

Residents urge APC to cede ticket to a woman, say constituency has never produced female lawmaker

Ota, Ogun State — Saturday, 18th April 2026

A powerful political shift is gathering momentum in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government as residents of Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency 1 mount pressure for the emergence of Yeye Kemi Adogun as their next representative in the Ogun State House of Assembly. The agitation, now sweeping across wards under the slogan “Women O’Clock”, is rooted in a single argument: fairness.

Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency 1 has never been represented by a woman in the Ogun Assembly. For constituents, that record is no longer acceptable in 2026. They insist the time has come to break the cycle and test female leadership at the state legislative level.

The call is directed squarely at the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government. Residents are urging the party leadership, in the spirit of equity and inclusion, to cede the Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency 1 ticket to a woman ahead of the next primaries. They argue that doing so would align the local APC with the gender-friendly posture of both the Presidency and the Ogun State Government.

Supporters say Yeye Kemi Adogun represents the competence and grassroots connection the constituency needs. Her name has become synonymous with community health outreaches, vocational training for young women, widows’ support programmes, and intervention in school fees for indigent students. Many believe she has already been performing legislative functions without the official title.

The demand is not framed as charity, but as correction. Ado-Odo/Ota is the most populous and commercially active local government in Ogun State, yet women remain absent from the legislative history of State Constituency 1. Political observers note that across the 26 seats in the Ogun Assembly, female representation remains in the single digits — a gap constituents say must begin to close from Ado-Odo/Ota.

As party primaries draw closer, the “Women O’Clock” campaign is moving from whispers to a constituency-wide conversation. In markets, artisan clusters, and youth forums, the sentiment is consistent: leadership should reflect the population, and women are more than half of that population. The message is that capacity, not gender, should decide — and women have been denied the chance to prove theirs.

The APC in Ado-Odo/Ota has yet to issue an official position on zoning for Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency 1. Party sources acknowledge that the agitation is widespread and growing, but maintain that all aspirants will be subjected to the party’s internal democratic process. For residents, however, the principle is simple: if democracy is about representation, then the exclusion of women from this seat for over two decades is a democratic deficit.

With the 2027 general elections on the horizon, Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency 1 may be on the verge of making history. The constituents have set the agenda. They are not asking for a favour. They are demanding fairness. And they have put a name to that demand: Yeye Kemi Adogun.