Kwara Central senatorial district covering mainly the city of Ilorin is a metropolitan senatorial district of all the three in Kwara State. Kwara Central senatorial districts covers four local governments which include Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin South and  Ilorin West.[1] Bukola Saraki, the President of the 8th National Assembly is from this district.[2] The current representative of Kwara Central senatorial district is Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives Congress, APC.[3]

List of senators representing Kwara Central

Senator Party Year Assembly Electoral history
Adebayo Salman Is'haq PDP 1999 - 2003 4th
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki PDP 2003 - 2011 5th

6th

Bukola Saraki PDP (2011- 2014)

APC (2014 - 2018)

PDP (2018 - 2019)

2011 - 2019 7th

8th

President of the 8th National Assembly.
Ibrahim Oloriegbe APC 2019–present 9th

References

  1. "Kwara State - Local Governments, Facts & History". PropertyPro Insider. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  2. "Saraki, others, no go get pension again". BBC News Pidgin. 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. "2019 Election: Oloriegbe leads Saraki by over 19,000 votes in Kwara Central". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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