THE CHOICE BEFORE IJESA NORTH
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of candidates for the House of Representatives election, and I am humbled to have my name appear alongside ten other candidates seeking to represent Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency and oust the incumbent, who has been there for 24 years.
This will not come easy, challenging an incumbent of over two decades, but the people of Ijesa North will make it happen. My excitement about this list is the number of young people who have stepped forward.
Politics has taught young people to wait and to be subservient, but that conversation is changing in Oriade and Obokun.
Ten years is a generation. Twenty years is two generations. And after 24 years, it is now the choice of our people to put a stop to that era. We also owe our generation a duty not to waste this opportunity.
At 40, I am not contesting simply because I want to become a member of the House of Representatives. I am contesting because I believe we can fundamentally change what representation means in Ijesa North to our people, and that we must do.
Leadership must return to the people. Public office must produce measurable results. Our people must have opportunities beyond political patronage. Our farmers, traders, artisans, professionals, students and communities must be able to point to what their representative has actually delivered.
We are eleven candidates for one seat, but at the end of it all, the people must win.
1. Olajengbesi Pelumi Jacob, 40
ACCORD
FSLC, SSCE, LL.B
2. Samson Omobola, 34
ADP
FSLC
3. Adeoye Adeyinka Adebayo, 34
APP
WASSCE
4. Olowu Sunday, 45
ADC
FSLC, NABTEB, B. Engineering
5. Oke Busayo Oluwole, 59
APC
PSLC, Grade II Teachers Certificate, https://t.co/FUC1h8hQ4f Economics
6. Atanda Aderonke Elizabeth, 34
APM
FSLC, SSCE, OND
7. Ojo Susannah Idowu, 52
LP
FSLC, SSCE, https://t.co/FUC1h8hQ4f
8. Kayode Ogundare, 52
NDP
PSLC, SSCE, https://t.co/FUC1h8hQ4f Accounting
9. Agbola Alice Bolanle, 61
NRM
SSCE, https://t.co/FUC1h8hQ4f Political Science
10. Faseru Jola Isaac, 46
NDC
The Apostolic Primary School, Ijebu-Jesa Grammar School
11. Olalekan Oladigbo Olusogo, 39
SDP
FSLC, SSCE, HND
The end is never truly the end. Those who loved us may be gone, but their love never leaves us. They live on in our hearts, watching over us in ways we’ll never fully understand.