at the state and national levels. He applied his experiences as a grassroots organiser to orient local youth towards sporting activities, with educational institutions as platforms for youth participation in grassroots sports development programmes. Hence, Seriki was named Best State Chairman of Sports Council, for 1993, by the Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF). He was granted Honorary Life Membership in the Table Tennis Association in 1993, in recognition of his public administration expertise and passion for sports development in Lagos State. With the Nigerian military due to hand over power (which they ultimately failed to do) in 1993, to elected civilians, Seriki left public service to start the Perpetual Investment and Finance Company Limited (PIFCO), as well as to launch a career in politics. The annulment of the 12 June 1993 general elections had led him into private business. From 1994 to 1999, Seriki was vice president of Rosedale New York based Perpetual Associates International (USA) Inc. (an international consulting firm serving multinational oil and aviation companies). He returned to PIFCO Nigeria Limited, from 1999 to 2007, as Executive Director for Business Development and Marketing. Politics In 1992, Seriki was the senatorial candidate for Lagos Central District constituency, on the platform of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) In 1998, he was elected a member of the federal House of Representatives from the Lagos Island federal constituency on the ticket of the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP). This victory was short-lived, with the abrupt end of the General Abacha regime and the inception of General Abdulsalam Abubakar's transitional regime. With the emergence of the 4th Republic, he was appointed a National Fund Raising Committee member in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 1999 National elections. The PDP also appointed him as a member of the Candidate and Party Relations Committee for the Obasanjo/Atiku presidential election. From 2000 to 2002, Demola Seriki emerged as the PDP Party Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area, and later, in 2003, as the party's flag bearer to the House of Assembly, representing Lagos Island federal constituency. In 2005, he began serving as Secretary of the Lagos State PDP Disciplinary Committee. In 2005, until 2006, he was appointed the Lagos State vice-chairman of the PDP, after which, in 2007, he campaigned to become senator for the Lagos Central senatorial district. Seriki's campaign sought to ensure education and gainful employment of youths in his district.