Bamidele Salam

Bamidele Salam is a lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives in the 9th and 10th Nigeria National Assembly. He represents the Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency of Osun State.

Career

Bamidele's career started as a Radio & Television News Reporter for the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, Oṣogbo. During this period, he served as the Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists and later became the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He was appointed as the media assistant to the then Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and worked directly with the State Chief Executive from 2003 to 2007.

Bamidele's political career started as a member of the defunct Peoples Solidarity Party. In 2008, he was elected as the Chairman of the Egbedore Local Government on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He was appointed Head of Media in the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe. In 2015, he founded a nonprofit organization known as Children of Africa Leadership and Values Development Initiative ; where he is the president.
In 2019, Bamidele contested and won the Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, where he served until 2023. He then recontested for the same seat in 2023 and won again. Among several positions, he held the position of Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts of the 10th National Assembly, as a member of the ECOWAS Parliament since March 2020, and on an elections observation mission to Niger and The Gambia.

As a Member of the 9th and 10th Nigeria National Assembly, Bamidele has sponsored and moved motions. Some of his bills and moved motions are:

National Volunteer Services Agency Bill, 2020
National Agency for Sickle Cell Disease and other Heritable Blood Disorder Bill, 2020
National Directorate of Employment Act Bill, 2020
Micro-Credit Intervention Tax Fund Bill, 2020
University Teaching Hospitals Act Bill, 2021
National Appreciation for Security Agencies Bill, 2021
Pension Reform Act BIll, 2021
Civil Service Recruitment Bill, 2021