He served as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Survey.
In 1988 Borishade was elected as a Member of the Constituent Assembly to review the 1979 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
[8] Borishade supported General Shehu Musa Yar’adua's efforts towards crafting bridges of understanding among the country's ethnic nationalities as a prerequisite for development.
He joined the Yar'adua's movement called "the Peoples Front" together with other politicians such as Atiku Abubakar, Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, Abubakar Koko, Dapo Sarumi, Yomi Edu, Bola Tinubu, Professor Ango Abdullahi, Sabo Bakin Zuwo and Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The PDM struggled to restore democracy to Nigeria and became a principal partner in the formation of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) created by the Babangida Military Administration.
Borishade was appointed senior special assistant to President Obasanjo in May 1999, initiating and convening the first Youth Forum in Abuja.
[11] In November 2006, he was assigned to the Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism as a Minister, a position he held till May 2007 at the expiration of Obasanjo and Abubakar's tenure.