By Modupe Gbadeyanka
The secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan, Oyo State, was on Monday besieged by residents of Oluyole Federal Constituency, who expressed their excitement over the emergence of Mrs Tolulope Akande-Sadipe as the candidate of the APC in the 2023 elections.
Mrs Akande-Sadipe clinched the party’s ticket to continue her job at the House of Representatives. Her constituents said they were impressed with the way she has represented them at the National Assembly in Abuja and that she deserves to get another term.
Prior to the primaries, the communities in the Oluyole Federal Constituency had unanimously submitted an endorsement letter signed by Mr Dauda Adebisi on behalf of the community leaders from the 10 wards in the area.
In the letter, they promised to vote for her again to continue her good work. They also used the opportunity to highlight some of her achievements during her first term, which ends next June.
“When APC gave Akande-Sadipe the opportunity to serve as a member of (the lower chamber of the federal parliament) in 2019, nobody believed that a woman can perform at all not to talk of bringing rapid development to 10 wards in her constituency,” a part of the letter read.
They lauded her contribution to the development of Oluyole such as the provision of 23 transformers, which she financed its installation and light-up; provision of 11 classrooms with furniture; provision of 21 solar bore-holes and provision of 100 solar street lights.
The community leaders added that over 5,000 community members have benefited from her empowerment programme.
“She has even promised that if given the opportunity to serve for a second term, she would do more and we believe every word that comes out of her mouth,” they added.
The residents of the area promised to vote for the House of Representatives member in the 2023 general elections, vowing that 90 per cent of votes from the Oluyole Constituency would be cast for her.
“We also want to reiterate that all of us in these 10 wards appreciate this gesture because it has never happened in Oluyole and we want to further appreciate it more in 2023,” the letter, which was equally signed by representatives of the 10 wards in Oluyole Federal Constituency, stated.
Adedapo Adesanya