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| Hon. Afeez Ipesa-Balogun |
The
Oshodi/Isolo Local Government community association has assured Hon. Afeez
Ipesa-Balogun of its support in his quest for a seat in the House of
Representatives, HoR.
A
statement by the Public Relations Officer of the community association, Canon
Babajide Otegbade, said the community supports Ipesa-Balogun, a former local
government chairman of Oshodi/Isolo Local Government, because of his
contribution to the development of the area.
Ipesa-Balogun,
an aspirant to HoR under the All Progressives Congress (APC) recently met with
the community leaders under the aegis of Community Development Committee (CDC),
the umbrella body of all Community Development Associations (CDAs) in the
council area, to formally inform them of his intention and to seek their
support in the build up to his party’s coming primaries for the ticket of
Oshodi/Isolo Federal Constituency 1.
Reacting
to the warm reception, Ipesa-Balogun said he was overwhelmed with the lavish
praises poured on him by the people for what they termed his record of
outstanding performance, humility, accessibility, maturity and friendly
disposition to all and sundry for the period he was chairman of the local government,
saying they had not found such in any other that has occupied the office since
he vacated it.
The
community leaders recalled his landmark projects and compassionate disposition
to all and sundry during his tenure as chairman of the council area, and how he
strengthened and encouraged the activities of CDAs across the local government
area by building and supporting them in all areas.
According
to the CDC members, the former council chairman introduced and
institutionalised a monthly subvention to the CDC to run its operations,
provided space and funded the construction of a Community House, comprising a
hall and offices for the CDC to the level it has remained since he left office
seven years ago and stood out as the first council chairman in the state to
compensate CDAs in the council area, when he released N3.8million to them for
successfully monitoring and supervising local government projects across the
area under construction to completion. Also, the community leaders, who pledged
to give him all the necessary support to ensure that he wins the 2019 election
into the House of Representatives once he gets his party’s ticket, recalled
that he was the first council chairman in the state to provide a CDC with an
official car, stating that the provision of that vehicle by him for them in
Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area made the apex body of all CDAs in the state,
the Lagos State Community Development (Advisory) Council, to write and appeal
to all other council and LCDA chairmen in the state to provide official
vehicles for their CDCs. Women members of the CDC present also added their
voice, stating that under the former chairman, members of the National Council
of Women Societies (NCWS), Nigeria, Oshodi/Isolo Local Government chapter, were
always sponsored by him to their annual national convention in Abuja but that
it has since stopped as they are not able to attend the convention again since
he left office.
The
CDC members were unanimous in their opinion about Ipesa-Balogun, confident that
he will not only make a good representative of Oshodi/Isolo Federal
Constituency 1, if he gets the APC ticket and wins the election.
The aspirant, who was surprised at the
encomiums poured on him, was emotionally overwhelmed and only managed as he
struggled in between tears of joy to thank the leaders, promising to mobilise
funds within a space of time, if elected, to ensure the completion of the CDC
Community House to a befitting status.
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