As the economic hardship in the country bites harder by the day, political office holders and well-meaning individuals in the society have been encouraged to lift people out of poverty and bring about a shared prosperity that will lessen their burdens.
Najimdeen Oyeshina Oyedeji, popularly known as Oshine, the Member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency, gave this charge recently, during an empowerment programme organised in the constituency.
According to him, in his capacity as the representative of his people, he has made efforts to place constituents on the path of prosperity through several programmes cutting across education, health, agriculture and economic sectors.
Oyedeji, who was elected on the platform of the PDP, said his efforts to empower women and youths have seen him facilitate a cooperative scheme for market women and youths, while he has also given startup capital to over 400 youths and women in the constituency.
Also in line with his commitment to teaching constituents how to fish, the lawmaker sponsored Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registrations for about 50 businesses owned by youth entrepreneurs in the constituency, facilitated a film and video editing training for selected youths and distributed about 80 laptops to youths and students.
Apart from empowering businesses and entrepreneurs, the lawmaker revealed that he has been able to facilitate employment into the Nigeria Police, Oyo State Road Transport Maintenance Authority and other ministries, departments and agencies at the federal and state levels for scores of young constituents.
Oyedeji added that his representation has also focused on the agriculture sector largely as he facilitated the distribution of over 700 bags of fertilisers to farmers, while he also embarked on tractor subsidy which has seen farmers in the constituency plough their lands at a reduced cost.
The lawmaker noted that he also embarked on the grading of some roads to farm settlements, as well as the installation of 300 solar lights across the constituency, with particular focus on farm settlements and farming communities.
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These efforts in the agriculture sector, he said, have begun to yield positive fruits with his constituency emerging the highest in maize production in Oyo State, adding that plans have also been concluded to distribute chemicals, herbicides and others to hundreds of farmers towards the coming farming season.
In the health sector, Oyedeji has facilitate the construction of a Primary Health Care Centre that is nearing completion, while he also constructed a toilet at a popular cow market to prevent open defecation and control diseases.
In the education sector, the Rep points to the construction of six classrooms in Okeho, the distribution of about 15,000 exercise books and mathematical sets to students in the constituency, as well as the issuance of bursary/scholarship awards to 42 students in SAF Polytechnics, Iseyin.
The distribution of food palliatives to young and old across the expansive constituency, the construction of several boreholes and the repair of a few moribund motorised water projects in Itesiwaju and Kajola Local Government Areas, are the other gains of Oyedeji’s representation.
Across the constituency, the marks of Oyedeji’s people-centred representation are conspicuous through projects and programmes that have brought joy to many.
