Hon Esosa Iyawe — The Silent Technocrat in the House

Hon Esosa Iyawe — The Silent Technocrat in the House

In a chamber where applause often drowns out achievement and theatrics outshine thought, one lawmaker continues to speak the loudest through results, not rhetoric. Hon. Esosa Iyawe, the cerebral representative of Oredo Federal Constituency, has quietly evolved into one of the most consequential voices in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic — a policy engineer whose compass is set firmly on innovation, governance, and the digital rebirth of a nation long trapped in analog habits.

At the recently held Joint Public Hearing on the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill 2025, Iyawe’s presence wasn’t ceremonial; it was strategic. He came armed with ideas, conviction, and an unshakable belief that Nigeria’s future prosperity rests on its ability to digitize governance, empower youth, and democratize access to technology. The Bill — designed to anchor the nation’s quest for a $1 trillion digital economy — finds in Iyawe a champion who sees policy not as paperwork, but as an engine for progress.

What makes him stand apart is not his age or rhetoric, but his architect’s mindset — the rare gift to draft blueprints for transformation and then quietly build them. Within Oredo, the evidence is visible: solar-lit corridors where darkness once reigned, classrooms reborn from decay, and youth programs that actually work — each initiative a reflection of his pragmatic, forward-thinking brand of representation.

In an era where many legislate for headlines, Esosa Iyawe legislates for history. His politics is not theatre; it is architecture. It is the deliberate construction of a digital nation — one policy at a time.

Osigwe Omo-Ikirodah is the Principal and CEO of Bush Radio Academy