Meet Ayodele

He grow up dey understand di struggle

Ayodele Adio na community leader wey commit well-well, and he dey run for Lagos State House of Assembly to represent Eti-Osa Constituency II. Him mission clear: to bring public services wey dey work, and to make sure say government dey answer to di people for real.

Dem born am for Kano and he school for different parts of Nigeria. Dis kind background give am special eye to see di different-different people wey make Eti-Osa rich. Him grandpapa, Chief Ayodele Brown from Epetedo, Lagos, teach am di value of business and serving community, di same principles wey still dey guide him vision today.

After he study Microbiology, Ayodele collect MBA for Marketing and advanced certificate for Advertising from Pan-Atlantic University. Dis education, plus how him mama, wey be both teacher and business woman, influence am, shape di way he dey lead and di way he dey see community development.

Communicator wey dey work for public good

As di person wey start and dey lead Adio Strategy and Communications, Ayodele don become adviser wey corporate executives, senators and governors trust, to help dem explain their policies and connect with di people wey dem dey serve. Him expertise na big part of di media strategy wey support di passing of di Nigeria Startup Act and some other important bills for National Assembly.

Service pass work

Ayodele commitment to community service dey show for him role as board member of Ray of Hope Prison Outreach, where he don help people wey dem lock up wrongly to regain their freedom, and support dem to settle back for society. He also serve as media adviser to di SBIRT Project, wey dey work to put prevention of drug and alcohol problem inside primary healthcare, big issue wey dey affect plenty people for Eti-Osa.

Because he sabi say community engagement important, Ayodele start di Lekki Post, free newspaper wey dey bring di community together and dey show di issues wey touch people daily life. E show say he believe for di power of information and community action.

Ten years for Eti-Osa

Ayodele don live and work for Eti-Osa for ten years. Dis personal connection na wetin dey push am to make Eti-Osa example of better public services, especially for primary healthcare, emergency response, environment wey fit stand flood and wahala, primary education and security.

With Ayodele Adio as di person wey represent Eti-Osa for Lagos State House of Assembly, di people of Eti-Osa go know where every naira dey go, dem go see real change for their daily life, and dem go take part for government system wey open and wey dey work for dem.

Why I dey run

Something don spoil for Eti-Osa.

Rent don spoil. Housing market don spoil. Di promise say if you work hard, you go fit afford better place to live, dat promise don break. Working people dey do everything correct. Dem dey wake up early. Dem dey sit inside traffic. Dem dey run business. Dem dey teach our pikin dem. Dem dey serve for our hospitals. Dem dey protect our streets. Yet every year, rent dey go up. Agency fee dey go up. Legal fee dey go up. Caution fee dey go up. Everything dey go up, except salary. No be accident.

Small group of powerful interests and politicians wey no care don allow system where tenants no get protection and working families no get voice. Dem wan make we believe say na just “how market dey work.” Dem wan make we dey blame each other, landlord against tenant, indigene against non-indigene, old resident against new person, instead of make we ask why clear rules no dey, fair limit no dey, and nobody dey enforce anything.

Di biggest gap for Eti-Osa today na between di people wey dey chop from dis broken housing system and di working people wey dem force to survive inside am. When rent dey take pass half of your income, you no fit build wealth. You no fit save. You no fit plan. One emergency fit pursue you comot for your house. Dis no be di Lagos wey we deserve.

I dey run for House of Assembly because house no be luxury. Na dignity. Na stability. Na di foundation for opportunity. I dey run to fight for fairer rent, to put limit for agency and legal fees wey too much, to make tenancy protection strong, and to push for policies wey go increase affordable housing for working people, no be only luxury buildings for few people.

Dis campaign na about fairness. Na to make sure say teacher fit live for di community where she dey teach, nurse fit live near di hospital where she dey work, young entrepreneur fit start business without say rent crush am, and family no go dey pack every year because landlord double di price. We dey face powerful interests and career politicians wey comfortable with di way things be.

But change no dey ever start from comfort. E dey start with people wey don tire to dey squeeze. Eti-Osa belong to all of us, no be only di people wey fit pay di highest price. If we come together across estates, across income levels and across backgrounds, we fit fix wetin don spoil. We fit make housing fair. We fit make rent predictable. We fit bring balance back between landlords and tenants. We fit build Lagos wey dey work for working people.

Time don reach to stand up for fairness. Time don reach to make rent fair for Eti-Osa.