Hon. Sola Osolana the Peoples Democratic Party’s standard flag bearer for Agege Federal Constituency has declared his intention to attract federal presence in Agege, if elected as House of Reps member at 2023 general election.
The astute politician who convincingly won party primaries twice, owing to a rerun election, said that in spite of the over 24 years of electoral experience, Agege has not really benefited any federal presence in terms of infrastructural development which in his view is tied to lack of true representation.
Osolana made the assertion at a press conference to unveil what he tagged : ‘Our Covenant With The People of Agege Federal Constituency ’, held to herald his campaign programme on Wednesday at his constituency office in Agege.
According to him he is bringing on board a clear departure from the fraudulent and deceptive style that characterizes politicians in Agege, who basically deceive people to steal their mandate.
Osolana said: “This is a covenant to respect the sanctity of electoral mandate, to truly serve and create a marked departure from the sordid political experience, Agege people have not really benefited, there are few or no federal presence since over 24 years of electoral experience.
“A patriotic call-This our Federal constituency requires intervention at this time.
“In order for Agege to have true representation, I offer myself, please give me your mandate, I will serve you with a representation that will connect us to the federal and lobby others to bring goodies to Agege, through promotion of legislation that has direct positive impacts on constituents.
“More federal government funded projects that will affect Agege positively will also be attracted.
“Agege is water logged during the raining season as there are no good and functional drainage systems,this will be facilitated.
The vibrant politician also notes the dearth of mentors and apprenticeships for the youths which in his view could have helped to cure a lot of prevailing social malaise, given the required guide.
“I will however continue with my direct personal intervention via youth empowerment, access to good health care. I will also be giving a revolving loan to boost my constituents businesses between 50,000 to 1 million naira.
Osolana also reaffirmed his trust in the unbiased mien of INEC while stating that unlike the previous council election where the LASIEC helped to manipulate things for the ruling party, the game has now changed.
He promised that as the campaign kicks off today, his message will revolve around critical issues of governance and what PDP intends to do.
He however, tasked Agege eligible electorates to create time and visit the INEC office to collect their alleged over a million Permanent Voter Cards yet to claimed.
On his plans to aide the growth of sports as a tool to boost quality human capacity development, Osolana stated his poise to give more encouragement to primary school Inter House sports, as well as encouraging existing sports clubs through facilitation of a Sporting Academy.