As a child growing up in the Lagos Island area of Lagos state, it was obvious Gbenga Ashafa was always going to be a man in charge. Whilst in primary school at the Christ Church Cathedral primary school on Broad Street, Mr Ashafa held the post of Class ...
“He always had a knack for leadership and organization,” recalls an old school classmate of his. “He wanted to run everything, and he was pretty good at it.”
In his first outing as Senator in the seventh senate, Ashafa was Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Lands, Housing and Urban Development. He was also a member of the committees on Environment and Ecology Committee, Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Relations, Gas Committee, and Senate Services Committee.
There is no diminishing the importance and impact of his dedicated legislative support for the railway sector in Nigeria in the form of the National Transport Commission Bill. For the first time, the country had what now serves as a common platform to regulate the entire transport sector and raise standards to international levels across board.
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria also hailed Mr Ashafa on his birthday. Through a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, President Muhamadu Buhari noted Mr Ashafa’s passion for development and humanitarian services, as well as emphasized that he contributed largely to bills that continue to positively impact the development of the country even after his exit from the Senate.
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