Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency 2015: Hon. Abiodun Isiaq Akinlade And Other Contestants.
Oyedokun Julius Babatunde
Having read some post here on the internet, sampled voters opinion and also interacted with many of the opposition members on and off-line, I have figured that the noise by a section of the opposition (APC/SDP/LP) to install one of their party members as Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency Representative at the House of Reps is a mere quest for Education on the Comparative Advantages of Akinlade’s re-election as Representative for this Federal Constituency. And I sincerely hope that I’m able to do my bit in increasing your knowledge on the subject matter.
Do you crave development, are you a lover of good works, do you value the future of this land, are you ready to rise beyond the prism of doctrines cooked by a few people with personal axe to grind with Akinlade just to ensure the largesse go round ???
…If yes, then come with me!
All over the world; it is agreed that time and opportunity works together and thus, with our eyes on development as the core need of our land, we need to look through what other political party’s presents and rationally determine where exactly our interest (as a people) is protected.
Yes, this Federal House of Reps seat runs on a joint ticket of Yewa South/ Ipokia Local Government and if zoning is anything to go by, an Ipokia son or daughter should be warming to take over the mantle, but the big question is; “Who’s Representation would benefit Ipokia more in the Present Political Permutation?”
The average Nigerian has been indifferent/lukewarm towards political power and consequently the political elites have dominated power since independence. As March 28 draws nearer, unfolding dynamics and permutation has revealed that all factors considered, it is in the best interest of our Federal Constituency to re-elect performance and not mediocrity to fully reap the fruit of our labour.
If available statistics and testimonies are true, then, Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency has recorded remarkable growth through Akinlade’s effort to revamp not just his constituency but the entire Ogun West in the last few years.
Akinlade, who people often referred to as an Executive Material in the Legislature has made good the opportunity given to him by not just seating in Abuja to make laws (which is his primary assignment) but also taking it upon himself to ensure that the people of his constituency have many things to show for his representation in terms of Democracy Dividends.
#Education Science and Technology:
Hon.Akinlade has recorded significant improvements in Education Science and Technology by upgrading our secondary schools, Tertiary Institutions and our Communities with the modern “Information and Communication Technology System (ICT)”, like we have:
1. CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A COMPUTER CLASS ROOM ITOLU HIGH SCHOOL ILARO
2. CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A COMPUTER LABORATORY IMOTU COM. COM. ACADEMY IFOYINTEDO
3. CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A PUBLIC ICT CENTER IDIROKO
4. CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A PUBLIC ICT CENTER OJA-OWODE
5. FULLY EQUIPPED PUBLIC ICT CENTER OKE-ODAN
6. CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF AN ICT COMPUTER LABORATORY @ COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL, IPOKIA.
7. DONATION OF A FULLY EQUIPPED ICT CENTER; ABEOKUTA SPORTS CLUB
8. DONATION OF A FULLY EQUIPPED ICT CENTER; TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
9. DONATION OF A FULLY EQUIPPED ICT CENTER; MOSHOOD ABIOLA POLYTECHNIC ABEOKUTA
10. DONATION OF A FULLY EQUIPPED ICT CENTER; 59 ATILLERY BRIGADE ALAMALA ABEOKUTA
11. CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC ICT CENTER ILARO TOWN
12. COMPUTER LABORATORY AREA COMM. HIGH SCHOOL OWODE
13. DONATION OF 110 COMPUTER SETS TO FED. POLY ILARO
14. MEGA STUDENT CIVIC CENTER; FED. POLY ILARO
15. FULLY EQUIPPED PUBLIC ICT CENTER ADO ODO
16. FULLY EQUIPPED PUBLIC ICT CENTER AJILETE
17. CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A PUBLIC ICT CENTER ALAGBON.
18. DONATION OF A FULLY EQUIPPED ICT CENTER; 192 BATTALION, ARMY BARRACKS OWODE.
In furtherance, Hon. Akinlade, despite not in the executive arm of government has been able to touch lives, again in the area of – #RURAL ELECTRIFICATION- He facilitated the:
1. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION OF OKO BABA
2. DONATION OF A 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT SABO OWODE
3. DONATION OF TWO 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT AFERIKU IDIROKO
4. DONATION OF TWO 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT 4 CORNERS OWODE
5. DONATION OF TWO 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT ADO ROAD OWODE
6. DONATION OF 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT OWONIFARI IDIROKO
7. DONATION OF 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT ASEKO IDIROKO
8. DONATION OF 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT GENNERAL HOSPITAL IDIROKO
9. DONATION OF 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT OWOTEDO AJEGUNLE
10. DONATION OF 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT OGBOYE STREET OWODE
11. DONATION OF 500KVA TRANSFORMER AT ILOBI
12. DONATION OF 500KVA TRANSFORMER TO TIWATOPE COMMUNITY BEHIND ITOLU HIGH SCHOOL ILARO.
13. SOLAR STREET LIGHTS IN:
Owode, Ajilete, Oke-odan, Ita Egbe, Oniro, Ilashe, Ajegunle, Owotedo, Idologun, Idiroko, Agosasa, Ipokia, Koko, Ifonyintedo, Iwoye e.t.c.
Today, our Federal Constituency can pride itself of Federal Presence like never before. Thanks to Akinlade’s diligence and relentless effort in ensuring that several Agencies of the Federal Government with at least a hundred staff strength have their branches/centers in our Federal Constituency, some of which are:
1. NATIONAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ONFO ROAD, IPOKIA.
2. BIO RESOURCES CENTER, OWODE
3. VOCATIONAL CENTER AGOSASA
4. INCUBATOR TECHONOLOGY CENTER OWODE
5. NATIONAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE VOCATIONAL CENTER, ILARO ROAD
6. NATIONAL AGENCY FOR SCIENCE ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE (NASSENI), OWODE.
7. FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (FIIRO) ILARO ROAD.
A renowned educationist, Professor Asiwaju once commented that “If other political office holders from Ogun West have made good use of the opportunity like Akinlade, then Ogun West should not be talking about marginalization in the first place”
Akinlade, knowing that “the path of personal integrity is to walk the talk and not just talking”, true to this statement, he delved also into #INFRATRUCTURES by ensuring the:
1. CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD @ IHUNBO ITA-EGBE
2. CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD @ OKE ODAN
3. SINKING OF SOLAR BOREHOLE AJEGUNLE
4. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE @ ANSARUDEEN IDIROKO
5. EROSION CONTROL ILARO
6. EROSION CONTROL AJILETE
7. EROSION CONTROL IPOKIA
8. CONSTRUCTION OF IPAKE ROAD
9. BOREHOLE MEDE AJEGUNLE
10. GARRI PROCESSING ARMY BARRACK
11. GARRI PROCESSING CENTER ITORO
12. GARRI PROCESSING CENTER ILASE (On-going)
13. GARRI PROCESSING CENTER GBOGIDI ILARO
14. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE ISAGA
15. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE ILOBI
16. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE MAUN1
17. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE MAUN2
18. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE IPOKIA
19. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE TUBE
20. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE IHUNBO
21. SOLAR POWERED BOREHOLE MADOGA
22. SOLAR POWERED BOREHOLE ALARI
22. SOLAR POWERED BOREHOLE IJOFIN
23. SOLAR POWERED BOREHOLE AJILETE
24. MOTORIZED BOREHOLE MEDE AJEGUNLE.
Similarly in the #HEALTH SECTOR, Akinlade took it upon himself to personally supervise the construction, equipping and putting into use of:
1. PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER AGOSASA
2. PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER OKE ERINJA
3. PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER SABO
4. PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER IFOYINTEDO (On-going).
Unfortunately for the opposition candidates, all the above mentioned achievements have empirical evidence and are verifiable by all standards, the reason for which they (the opposition) will forever continue the use of insult, blackmail and unpopular sentiment as their major campaign strategy, rather than bringing issues bothering on the development of our people to the table.
Another major milestone achieved by the people’s representative Akinlade, is his sincere resentment against joblessness.
According to verifiable figures as at the last count, Akinlade has been able to facilitate jobs for over 514 graduates of his constituency into the Federal Government Civil Service! A premier record as far as the House of Representative is concerned. Just last month, one of the beneficiaries from Agosasa in Ipokia Local Government bagged a Doctorate Degree in faraway New Zealand (all to the glory of God).
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
As the saying goes that “He who comes to equity must first come with clean hands”, I will advise that candidates of the A.P.C and S.D.P having also served in different capacities in the past (i.e. Commissioner-ship, S.A to the governor, L.G Chairman, OPIC Board Member) should be man enough to put forward their score cards (if there ever was any) and stop been childish by always mentioning Akinlade Abiodun’s name at every opportunity as though he torments them in dreams.
The good people of Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency are too enlightened to leave their destinies in the hands of men with integrity problem and waster of opportunities like those paraded by A.P.C and S.D.P as candidates. Sincerely, to say that A.P.C and S.D.P are not in this contest is an understatement considering their choices of candidates.
Finally, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) remains the only Ogun West friendly party and we all must ensure that we deliver our block votes all the way through the forth coming elections, bearing in mind that a vote for Hon. Akinlade is another opportunity for the next four years to:
1. Continue his hatchet on joblessness within our federal constituency that will eventually reduce it to lowest minimum,
1. Continued Free ICT Scheme (his quarterly project) that has graduated over 1500 youth since its inception in 2011,
2. Continued Rural Electrification and Donations of Transformers
3. Continued Lobbying of Federal Government Agencies highly staffed Branch in our Federal Constituency
4. Continued encouragement of our school leavers in form of Scholarship, Prizes and Free Jamb form
5. More of the Modern Maternity Centers e.t.c…………………..
{Please be on the look-out for the Part 2 of this series}
Vote Wisely…
Vote P.D.P !!!
Thanks for your time.
Oyedokun writes from Ipokia, Ogun State