Oyo Lawmaker Gives 4 Students Scholarship

A legislator, Mr Olusegun Olaleye (APC-Ibadan North I State Constituency), on Thursday in Ibadan gave four students scholarship for foreign studies and empowered other constituents with equipment worth N20 million.

The Olaleye is a second term lawmaker in the Oyo State House of Assembly.

Materials given out by Olaleye to the constituents include grinding machines, freezers, generating plants, sewing machines and a brand new Toyota Camry car.

The lawmaker urged public office holders in the country to be more sensitive to the yearnings of the downtrodden, to make democratic governance more meaningful to the people.

Olaleye said the empowerment programme was in fulfillment of his campaign promises to his constituents.

“As a two-term member of the State House of Assembly, I initiated programmes and policies aimed at alleviating the sufferings of the people.

“Today, I have not changed; we all know the economic situation in the country,” he said, noting that many people were facing hardship.

“I feel that this empowerment scheme is apt because there is no better time for this kind of gesture than this very moment,” the lawmaker said.

He said legislators had the constitutional responsibility to represent their people in the parliament, make meaningful laws and give the governor the required support in his efforts at transforming the state.

The lawmaker said he had also executed some constituency projects, which had been inaugurated earlier on Thursday across his constituency.

Olaleye, who used the occasion to declare his intention to contest the House of Representatives election in 2019, appreciated the governor for his usual support to the Assembly.

He said that the people deserved good representation, which he would continue to give at any level he found himself.

The event was attended by Sen. Adesoji Akanbi (APC-Oyo South), Mr Abdulwasi Musah, the Deputy Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly and Mr Mojeed Olaoya, APC State Secretary.

Several lawmakers in the State Assembly and party faithful were also at the event.