Akerele meets delegates, vows to eliminate distribution of KEKE NAPEP to young graduates.
Insists Akoko edo has not been treated fairly in national development.
In the last few days Taiwo Akerele has been meeting with Akoko-Edo APC ward chairmen, stakeholders and leaders and delegates to consult with them on his possible aspiration and bid to seek the party (APC) nomination(ticket) to contest the Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency (House of Representatives) in the forthcoming 2023 General Elections.
He unveiled his manifesto and explained his agenda to reposition our dear LGA on the part of growth and progress through giant and intentional legislative strides if given the mandate to serve our people.
It is heartening to note that the feedback were positive, even as our hardworking party executives affirmed his suitability for the plumb job of delivery democratic dividends for the good people, noting his experience and success in development, administrative competency and support for the growth of the APC in Edo state over the years.
Akerele reminded the delegates and party leaders of the various steps he took to attract development to their door steps when he was in appointive position sometime ago, recalling that Akoko Edo was completely forgotten until recently. He reminded them of Igarra- okpe road, Ogugu road, Ugboshi road, Ekuma road in Ibillo and Lampese Ilepi road at Lampese and the long abandoned ikpeshi township roads which were all done when he served as chief of staff.
He promised to eliminate the practice of distributing KEKE NAPEP to young graduates and pepper grounding machine to our women as this is not a sustainable job creation mechanism. I promise to replace this with SME funding, artificial intelligence innovation capital in Cisco and oracle training and technology incubation and mechanized agriculture.
TFA argued that insisted he will bring the unique developmental challenges facing Akoko Edo into national limelight especially the issue of insecurity, and total neglect of infrastructure while engaging the state government on abandoned projects such as the Makeke teachers college, Igarra technical college, leadership training center at Okpe, the Ososo tourist center and somorika hills arts ecotourism.
In their individual response the delegates which were in wards 1, and 2 Igarra, wards 3 and 4 Lampese and Ibillo, Umoga, Bekuma and ward 7, Aiyegunle, the two Ugboshis Somorika and Ogugu and ward 8 Enwan, Atte and Egbigere and others assured him of their support, that they did not forget what I did for them in the past. Desmond Obaro in Lampese ward 3 specifically reminded the constituents of the world bank assisted SEEFOR project where thousands of women and youths were engaged which helped reduced poverty at the time.
Mr Akerele also took time to visit the ongoing construction work at the Agbaneshumu primary health center which he has been financing since 2020
The consultation continues as the APC primaries inches close
Jaspa Olowojoba
Director media and logistics, TFA campaign organization. Secretariat road, Igarra, Edo state
19th April 2022.