Adefemi Kila

In October 2008 he defended the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency in Benue State, blaming problems on poor funding. 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.

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).

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.

Kila was President-General, Senior Staff Consultative Association of Nigeria (SESCAN) (now Trade Union Congress (TUC), 1985–1991).

In continuation of his work in 1982, Kila was put in charge of construction of industrial buildings nationwide. Due to his performances on the job and coupled with his administrative ability, he was promoted to the post of technical manager (administration) in 1986. He was subsequently moved to the headquarters, taking full responsibility for general administration works, which includes among others, human resources development, training of staff, and corporate representation of the company at all levels of government, private sector, professional and international bodies.

He later became the national president of Construction and Civil Engineering Senior Staff Association, 1982–1990, and was in the forefront of the crusade for the implementation of the Federal Government's National Construction Policy.

In 1980–1982, Kila was in charge of sign bridges for the Inner Ring Road and was also in charge of some industrial buildings and roads within Lagos Municipality. At the successful completion of the projects, he was promoted to chief engineer.

In 1979, he was moved to Carter Bridge and placed in charge of all precast units and the pedestrian bridge of the Carter Bridge. At the end of the project, he was promoted to senior engineer.

He was the chairman of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc. Senior Staff Association for 7 years, 1979–1986.

Kila started his Nigerian engineering career in Julius Berger Nigeria Plc in 1976 at the Design Office, designing water-retaining structures, heavy foundations, principally for Apapa Wharf Extension and bridge works. In 1977, Kila was moved to the Lagos Inner Ring Road and was later posted to Marina Bridge, where he was in charge of the construction from the northern foreshore to the end of Apongbon, Lagos. However, at the end of the project he was promoted to full civil engineer.

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 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.

Adefemi KilaListen (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.