Nureni Ayinde Akinsanya, a member of the All Progressive Congress, is the lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency 1 at the 10th Lagos State House of Assembly.
He was first elected as a member of the House in 2019.
Before becoming a lawmaker, he served as a councillor in Mushin.
He is a real estate developer.
Early life and education
Mr. Akinsanya was born on May 19, 1967. He completed his primary education at Shamusideen Islamic School, and his secondary education at Eko Boys High School, both located in Lagos.
In 2010, he earned his higher diploma in business administration from Olabisi Onabanjo University. In 2017, he earned a postgraduate diploma in business administration from the same university.
In 2023, Mr. Akinsanya received a masters of business administration in human resource management from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology.
Mr. Akinsanya is a real estate developer. He is also the chairman of Osmak Ventures and Hotel Ltd.
Between 2011 and 2019, he was the chairman of the Association of Real Estate Developers of Lagos State.
Political career
Mr. Akinsanya started his political career as a treasurer for the National Republican Convention (NRC); the political party was disbanded in 1993.
In 1999, he was elected as Councilor, Ward B1 in Mushin local government area. In 2004, he was re-elected as Councilor, Ward C in the same local government area.
During his first term as a lawmaker, between 2019 and 2023, Mr. Akinsanya was appointed as chairman of the House committee on physical planning and urban development.
In the 10th assembly, Mr. Akinsanya is the chairman of the House Committee on public accounts (local).
He has also been a member of various House committees including economic planning & budget, waterfront infrastructure development, physical planning and urban development, commerce, industry and cooperative, finance, health/primary health care, housing, local government community, rural and chieftaincy and legislative compliance.
In 2023, the lawmaker was one of the House members who pushed back against Governor Sanwo-Olu’s nominees for commissioners.
The lawmakers were dissatisfied over the exclusion of party loyalists in the commissioner-nominees list.
Mr. Akinsanya noted that the list of nominees lacked details about their local government areas. He also expressed concern that the party’s qualified technocrats were overlooked in the selection process.
Legislative work
Ahead of the 2023 elections, Mushines, a community newspaper covering the Mushin area, published Mr. Akinsanya’s scorecard.
According to the scorecard, Mr. Akinsanya raised a motion on curbing the incessant collapse of buildings in the state.
In his first term, he sponsored or co-sponsored a number of bills. The bills include the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill 2020 and the Cooperative Societies Law 2020.
Others were the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency Bill 2021, Victim Assistance and Witness Protection Bill 2021, Lagos State Government Staff Housing Board Bill 2021, Lagos State Data Protection Bill 2021 and Lagos State University of Science and Technology Bill 2021.
The scorecard added that Mr. Akinsanya donated six vehicles (korope) to constituency members, as part of a poverty alleviation program.
He also provided power generators for boreholes at different locations around his constituency.
The lawmaker distributed free JAMB forms to indigents students and facilitated the rehabilitation of Abiodun street and the construction of Abiodun primary school.
Mr. Akinsanya distributed four different phases of stimulus packages to his constituency during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to the scorecard.
In August 2023, Mr. Akinsanya led an ad hoc House committee on a visit to the Mosafejo Oworonshoki community, where the Lagos State Task Force recently demolished several buildings, leaving residents homeless.
He stated that the committee’s visit was intended to appeal to the demolition victims to remain calm while the lawmakers investigate the issue.
“We are at the scene at the behest of the Speaker who shares the pain and has asked the agency to stop the demolition with immediate effect,” he said.
In April 2023, Mr. Akinsanya raised a ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ which prompted the House to summon a commissioner and an aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for allegedly bypassing the House in the ratification of contracts before their execution.