Adefemi Kila

Adefemi Kila (born 14 December 1945) is a Nigerian politician and engineer who served in the Senate, representing Ekiti Central in April 2007 just after working for Julius Berger Nigerian Plc for 30 years as a civil engineer and as a technical manager (administration) for 18 years. He is currently a council member of Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON. He is a devoted Christian of the Anglican church of Nigeria.

Biography He attended the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology (now Cardiff University) in 1970, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering and was also awarded an honorary doctorate degree (PhD in business administration) of Bradley University, Lacey, Washington, D.C., US, April 2002.

He started his engineering career with a firm of construction engineers – Andrew Scott in 1974 and a firm of consulting engineers – LH. Dobbie and partners in 1975 before joining Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in 1976 to 2007 and was promoted to the rank of a technical manager in 1986, a post he held for 18 years before retirement.

He became a board member of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in 1987. He is an executive council member of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE); He represented NSE at the 2014 CONFAB. He later became the director, National Road Federation (NRF) and also an executive board of directors of International Road Federation (IRF), Washington, D.C., US, representing Nigerian Road Federation (NRF) and the Federal Government of Nigeria. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Nigerian-American Foundation, Miami, Florida, US.

He was the president of the Federation of Construction Industry (FOCI) http://www.foci.org.ng/about/ , (formerly Federation of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors in Nigeria. (FOBACEC) May 1996 – 2001. He also became the vice-president of COREN (Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria http://www.coren.gov.ng/ ). He was pioneer President General, Senior Staff Consultative Association of Nigeria (SESCAN) now Trade Union Congress (TUC). He is currently a Council Member of Save Democracy Africa (SDA).

Senate career

Adefemi Kila was elected senator for Ekiti Central senatorial district and was an active member of key committees during which he made landmark achievements as the vice chairman of Senate Committee on Works; at this time he helped in facilitating the completion of Sango Ota bridge that was long abandoned; also the ita-awure efon iwaraja road hitherto has been abandoned for over 30 years. He was also involved in normalisation of many land disputes in the Federal Capital Territory during his tenure as a member of Senate Committee on Works. He also was chairman of the sub-committee for projects in the North-Central and South-West regions.

Senate appointments

Vice Chairman Senate committee of works. Consequently, chairman sub committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) Member, Senate Committee on State and Local Government. Member Senate Committee on Solid Mineral Member Senate Committee on FCT Member Senate Committee on Upstream Petroleum Member Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and anti-corruption Member Senate Committee on Privatisation Member Senate Committee on ID card and National Population Member Senate Committee on Constitutional Review

Activities on the floor of the Senate

Senate Committee for the investigation of FCT Land Allocation and petitions 1999–2007. Senate Committee for the screening of EFCC chairperson. Senate Committee for the screening of Chief E.F Shonekan and 6 other members of the Infrastructural Accessioning Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Senate Delegation to Bakassi peninsula before eventual handover to Cameroon. Member, Joint Committee on the Review of 1999 constitution

Recognition Award received while in the Senate Some of the awards earned in recognition of his contribution to national development while in the senate includes but are not limited to:

AMA Award for Transparent Leadership 2008 AMA Award for role models 2008 Ekiti State Best Senator of the year 2008 Igede Youth patrons award Africa youth Intl. Excellence in leadership award.

Professional activities On the professional scene, Kila is a fellow of various institutions, including:

Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineering (FNSE) Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration (FICA) Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Civil Engineers (FNICE) Pioneering president, Nigerian Institute of Civil Engineers Member, Nigerian Road Federation (NRF)

General work responsibilities Kila started his Nigerian engineering career in Julius Berger Nigeria Plc In May 2008, he was among four senators on the screening committee who appeared to be delaying the assumption of office by the nominated chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri. He later lost his seat in the senate at the court of appeal to Festus Olabode Ola in 2009 after previously winning the case at the Tribunal.