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The Accord candidate for Oyo South Senatorial District, Oloye Kolapo Kola-Daisi, has said that the Ibarapa area of the state will no longer suffer developmental neglect when Accord is voted into power in 2023.
Kola-Daisi stated this while addressing newsmen at the end of his one-week consultative and needs assessment tour of the entire Ibarapa zone.
He stated that the poor level of infrastructural and people development in the area was saddening and need to be be fixed.
“I am grateful to the great people of Ibarapa land for the warm and enthusiastic reception given to me and my team during our visit to all the Ibarapa mejeeje. From Eruwa to Lanlate, Igbo Ora to Idere, Ayete to Tapa and Igangan, including all the communities and societies that make up this great land, we felt the love and acceptance so well.
“It was a consultative tour and our goal was clear; to interact directly with the people and deepen my relationship with them. It is the only way I believe representation can be rightfully done. We have to really know the people we intend to serve and that is why a close relationship is important,” he said.
He decried the deplorable state of development in the area, adding that one sure way to prevent such a situation in the near future is for the electorates to stop rewarding non-performance.
“I am appalled at the abysmal level of development in the entire Ibarapa region, both infrastructural and people development is at a level that is just saddening. This is my sixth visit here over a period of months and from all the over 200 groups, associations, traditional councils and religious bodies that we met during this current visit, the complain about the lack of development has been constant. It is a sorry situation that is even clear to a blind eye.
“I don’t understand how a region that is critical to the state will suffer so much neglect despite having a government elected to serve. No roads, no electricity, no water system, the classes are in a sorry state, the traders and small businesses have no support, it’s just sad to learn about what people have to do to keep up.
“As a proponent of performance-driven politics, I have assured the people of Ibarapa that this won’t continue under Accord’s government. Our party is driven by two major ideals, competence and genuine love for the people. With these two, you can’t miss it. This is how I know development is set to come to the people and towns of Ibarapa as I’ve been repeatedly assured of their total support. The development will be rapid, and it will be befitting,” Kola-Daisi said.
He added that he has commissioned his team to commence some developmental projects to alleviate effects of the neglect in some of these communities, and pledged full commitment to the fulfillment of the promises he made to the people during the interactions.
A chieftain of the party in Ibarapa East, Alhaji Ajiboye, noted that this was the first time a candidate of a party will take his time to sit with Ibarapa electorates for days, with the intention to fully understand their needs from one community to the other.
“This is the first time this is happening. A politician who decided to come here, stay here, sleep here for days in order to listen to us very well and fully understand our needs and challenges, it is very rare and we totally appreciate KKD. This is why his reception and acceptance here is resounding,” he said.
A major highlight of Kola-Daisi’s visit to Ibarapa land was the conferment of chieftiancy titles of Mayegun of Tapa land and Yeye Mayegun of Tapa land on him and his wife by Oba Titiloye Oyekanmi Owolabi Sunday, Abioje 1, the Elempe of Tapa land.
Speaking, a chieftain of the party in Tapa, Pa Oketobo, said the chieftaincy title conferred on Kola-Daisi not only made him a bonafide son of Ibarapa land, but also serves as additional proof of the overwhelming acceptance he enjoys across Ibarapa ahead of the 2023 elections.
During the visit, Kola-Daisi also received thousands of supporters and defectors into Accord from other political parties in each of the towns.Notable among those who defected is Hon. Rafiu Ojegoke, a member of Ibarapa G9 and APC stalwart.