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Residents and traders in Oranyan area of Ibadan, in Ibadan North East Local Government have eulogised the Accord senatorial candidate for Oyo South, Kolapo Kola-Daisi, for the construction of a pedestrian bridge in the community, which connects two wards in the local government.
They gave the commendation during Kola-Daisi’s tour of Ibadan North East Local Government Area.
Other community development projects facilitated by the Accord senatorial candidate were commissioned, including a transformer at Gbelekale, which restored electricity to the area after 14 months of darkness; a borehole at Ogboriefon, and over 100 solar street lights across various wards in the local government were commissioned.
The 20-metre long Oranyan pedestrian bridge was constructed by the candidate, in response to the call made by the community heads few months ago. The bridge connects Wards 2 and 3 of Ibadan North East Local Government Area together, and also links the communities to the main market in the area.
Speaking, the Babaloja of Oranyan market, Sanusi Ayobami, said: “May God bless Daisi, this is the kind of politicians we want, politicians who see a problem, hear us out and fix those problems immediately.”
Also speaking, the Iyaloja of the market enumerated the impact of the bridge on their sales, and thanked Kola-Daisi for coming to their aid and boosting their businesses despite the economic downturn in the country.
”This bridge has increased our patronage by over 100 per cent. Before now, the lack of this connecting bridge between Oranyan and Ogundipe has been a major disadvantage to our sales in Oranyan market. Now, the story has changed for us.
“Kola-Daisi is God sent. Before now, for us to move from Ile Ajobo and Ile Ogundipe here in Ward 3 to the main road, we have to walk round the entire Ward 3 for several minutes. Now, it takes an easy walk on this bridge constructed by Kola-Daisi. Immediately he heard about the stress we go through, he embarked upon the project. Allah will never let him know stress as he has removed our own stress,” she said.
Speaking at one of the project’s commissioning, the Afobaje of Ekotedo, Kunle Ayorinde, praised Kola-Daisi for his commitment towards community impact projects and assured that the people of the local government will definitely trust him with their votes.
“Apart from the fact that Kolapo is a son of the soil in this local government, I am particularly proud of him for his commitment towards solving needs of communities across Ibadan North East and all other local governments in Oyo South. It is something that makes me proud of him so much and I am sure that the people will show their appreciation with their votes. That is very certain”, Ayorinde said.
Responding, Kola-Daisi thanked the people for their great support and promised to keep up with his performance-driven style of representation and politics.