FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEN. GANIYU OLANREWAJU SOLOMON
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Ganiyu Olarenwaju Solomon (born 19 December 1959) was elected Senator for the Lagos
West constituency of Lagos State,Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. He is a
member of the Action Congress (AC)
now APC.
Early life and education
Solomon was born on 19 December 1959. His father, Alhaji Rafiu
Ishola Solomon, was politically influential as a contemporary of the first
civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande Solomon attended Oke-Ona Grammar School, Abeokuta, Ogun State.He obtained a B.Sc in Political
Science from the University of Lagos,
and went into a private IT services business. Later he went into the property
business, before entering politics during the regime of General Sani Abacha.[2]
Political career:
He was elected into the Lagos State House of Assembly on the Democratic
Party of Nigeria (DPN) platform in 1998, but did not take his
seat before Abacha's death. During the return to democracy in 1999 with the Nigerian Fourth
Republic, Solomon was elected chairman of Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos
State on the Alliance
for Democracy(AD) platform. In 2003 he was a contender to be AD
Senate candidate for Lagos West, but was defeated by the incumbent Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi. His supporters greeted the
primary results with violence, and governor Bola Tinubu was unable to leave the scene
of the vote for several hours as the mob battled with police outside and other
electoral observers. Solomon ran instead for the federal House of Assembly
for Mushin Federal Constituency 1 and was elected.
In April 2007, Solomon was elected to the Senate on the Action Congress (AC) platform for the
Lagos West constituency. After taking his seat in the Senate, he was appointed
to committees on Works, Sports, Rules & Business, Integration &
Cooperation and Capital Markets (Chairman). In a mid-term evaluation of
Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he had sponsored bills on amendment of
the National Directorate of Act, Electronic Commerce, Whistleblowers
Protection, Institute of Capital Market Registrars and Elderly Persons Centre,
and had sponsored or co-sponsored ten motions. He was appointed Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Capital Market. His GOS Foundation provides assistance in
skills acquisition, educational development, micro-credit, healthcare and
poverty alleviation.
In the run-up to the April 2011 elections, Solomon was unopposed
in his bid in the Action Congress
of Nigeria primaries to run for reelection. He was
reelected on 9 April.
In September 2011, it was reported that Solomon was arguing with
ACN National Legal Advisor Muiz
Banire over who would be the next mushin Local Government Chairman.
The bickering threatened to tear the party apart, with PDP Chieftain Waheed
Lawon saying it was making it more likely for the PDP to "sweep both
Mushin and Surulere at the upcoming local government elections." But
eventually the spirit of oneness prevailed through the intervention of the ACN
elders which culminated in the emergence of the ACN candidate as the winner of
Mushin Local Government Chairmanship election
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