By Gbenga Sodeinde
Hon. Olusola Steve Fatoba, who is representing Ekiti Central I Constituency in the House of Representatives in the last three years and who is again contesting the February 25, 2023 election for second term may afterall appear selfish and callous, as many people have said.
I wondered why Hon Fatoba is vying to be returned to the Green Chambers in spite of his landmark achievements within the spate of three years of his tenure as a legislator in the House of Representatives, Abuja.
His selfishness and callousness have translated into good governance as he unveiled the long-standing secrets of the political hunksters whose main aim is to win elections to feather their own nests at the expense of the electorate.
What a high level of selfishness and wickedness and dis-service to the “winners-take-all” political class!
It is more honourable as a journalist not a politician, to put Fatoba’s selfishness and callousness into the right perspective in the areas of his returning the Dividends of Democracy to his Constituents in a similar Circumstance when some other legislators have failed to positively empower their Constituents.
Yes, Fatoba is guilty of selfishness on the grounds of the following verifiable things Fatoba has done for his Constituents.
BILLS:
For you to know that Fatoba has been in the House of Reps. as an able representative and not a bench warmer, he has sponsored, 1. Federal College of Nursing and Midwifery Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state (Establishment) Bill, 2022 (HB. 1904).
2. National Rice Production, Processing and Research Institute, Igbemo, Ekiti state (Establishment) Bill, 2022(HB. 1905).
3. Root Crops Production and Research Institute, Igede Ekiti, Ekiti State (Establishment) Bill 2022
Motions:
1. Urgent Need to Address the Impact of Recent Ravaging Flood Disaster in parts of Nigeria (Co-Sponsor)
2. Urgent Need to Investigate the unwarranted Extortion of Truck Operators and other Port users by the Law Enforcement Agents at Apapa Port to forestall a breakdown of Law and Order.
3. Motion to Protect Telephone Subscribers from Exposure to Breach of Privacy and Fraud and Loss of Money
4. Need to Investigate Banks’ Lending Practices, Protect Borrowers from Exploitative Interest Rates and Promote Economic Development.
5. Need to investigate the plan sales or privatization Niger Delta Power Holding Company.
PROJECTS
The project he has embarked on and accomplished has added to the his act of selfishness and calousnes.
While some legislators are in the house for self-serving sake, Hon Fatoba has successfully completed numerous people-oriented projects in his Constituency :
● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at Eyemote Comprehensive High School, Iyin Ekiti
● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at Igbemo Comprehensive High School
● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at Are/Afao Community Comp. High School.
● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at Awo Community High School.
● Construction of Block of Classrooms at Muslim Nursery/Primary School, Awo-Ekiti(Ongoing).
● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at Ekiti Baptist High School, Igede – Ekiti
● Construction of fully furnished block of Classrooms at Science School, Iyin Ekiti
● Completion of Town Hall at Igede – Ekiti.
● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at Eyemote Comp. High School, Iyin – Ekiti.
● Disbursement of money for empowerment programme.
● Supply of instruction materials and uniforms at Eyemote High School, Iyin – Ekiti.
● Supply of instruction materials and uniforms at Ekiti Baptist High School, Igede – Ekiti.
● Supply of instruction materials and uniforms at Awo Community High School, Awo – Ekiti.
● Provision of tables, chairs, Computers and generator at Omodewa Nursery and Primary School, Iworoko Ekiti.
Ado – Ekiti Local Government:
● Construction of fully equipped Erelu Bisi Fayemi Health Centre at Adekunle Fajuyi (Irewolede) Estate, Ado – Ekiti.
● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at Christ’s School, Ado – Ekiti
● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at Ado Community High School, Ado – Ekiti.
● Construction of fully equipped ICT Centre at All Souls Anglican Grammar School, Ado – Ekiti.
● Construction of fully furnished 6 Classrooms at Ado Grammar School, Ado – Ekiti.
● Construction of fully furnished Block of Classrooms at AUD Comprehensive High School, Ado – Ekiti.
● Installation of Solar Street lights at Bisi Egbeyemi Market, Ado – Ekiti.
● Installation of Solar Street lights from Fayose Junction Adebayo to Oke-Ila junction, Ado – Ekiti.
● Installation of Solar Street lights at Ereguru, Ado – Ekiti
● Installation of Solar street lights along Mathew/Asamo Odo-Ado, Ado-Ekiti.
● Installation of Solar street lights at Egbewa, Ado-Ekiti.
● Installation of Solar Streetlights in some parts of Irewolede estate, Ado-Ekiti.
● Construction and Asphalting of 800 meters Road at Isinla Community, Textile Area, Ado-Ekiti.
DIRECT EMPOWERMENT
Hon Fatoba is indeed selfish and callous to have affected individuals’ lives directly by empowering them in various ways with the under listed:
● Thirty (30) beneficiaries of cash donation (empowerment programme).
● Provision of solar powered Borehole at Olorunsogo Community, Ado – Ekiti.
● Provision of table, chairs and laboratory equipment at Ola Oluwa Muslim Grammar school, Ado – Ekiti.
● Provision of generator and instruction materials at Ado Community High School.
● Provision of instruction materials and uniforms at Christ’s School Ado – Ekiti.
● Provision of instruction materials and uniforms at All Souls Anglican Grammar, School Ado – Ekiti.
● Provision of instruction materials and uniforms at St Stephen Anglican School, Okesha, Ado – Ekiti.
● Intervened in getting the transformer at Olorunsogo Community energized.
● Renovation of NURTW office at Ado-Ekiti
● Donations of Cancer screening machine and Two Anaesthesia machines to EKSUTH
Other benefits enjoyed by members of his constituency in both Ado and Irepodun-Ifelodun Local Government Areas are:
● Sponsorship of JAMB tutorial classes for applicants
● Thirty (30) beneficiaries of COVID-19 NIRSAL loan totalling Twelve million naira (₦12,000,000)
● Ten (10) beneficiaries of 2nd COVID-19 NIRSAL palliative/ loan totalling Six Million naira (₦6,000,000.00)
● One hundred (100) beneficiaries of N-Power programme
● Two hundred and thirty six (236) beneficiaries of empowerment programme
● Fourteen (14) beneficiaries of Agro training – ₦50,000.00 each
● One hundred and sixty (160) beneficiaries of survival fund – ₦30,000.00 each
● One hundred and fifty (150)beneficiaries of Artisans/Market women fund – ₦20,000.00 each
● Recruitment of Two (2) N-Power Independent Monitors
● One hundred and one (101) beneficiaries of N-Power programme
● Sponsored and distributed COVID-19 palliative
● Donation of fifty (50) Hair-clippers to Barbers’ Association
● Procurement and distribution of twenty (20) vulcanizing machines to selected vulcanisers.
● Supply of sixty (60) chemical spraying equipment
● Supply of wheelchairs for the physically challenged people
● Secured federal jobs / employment for constituents at: NSITF (1), NSCDC (2), NDLEA (2), Correctional Services (3), Police (2), Airforce (1), Ministry of Labor (2), National Population Commission (1), NATFORCE (15).
● Sponsored twenty (20) people for handcraft Training
● Eleven (11) beneficiaries of Business support grant totalling Nine hundred thousand naira (₦900,000.00)
● Distribution of farming equipment to farmers
● Facilitated trainings and empowerment for farmers
● Provided hand sanitizers, nose masks, food items during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
● Provided financial support to constituents during COVID-19 lockdown.
● Made donations(Fund/Materials) for community development across the Constituency
● Facilitated supply of relief materials worth millions of naira from National Emergency Management Agency for victims of flood and other natural disasters.
● Empowerment for constituents with motorcycles, Sewing machines, Generators, Deep Freezers, grinding machines, etc. and cash donation to some selected members of the constituency.
With all the life-changing programmes Hon Fatoba has put in place, the detractors and political jobbers are correct to say he is truly selfish and callous.
Let Fatoba’s selfishness and callousness hold sway while more Dividends of Democracy are returned to his Constituents.
So, come February 25, 2023 election, vote wisely!
vote for APC Candidates!
Vote For Hon Fatoba!
Vote For All Other APC Candidates.
Support the winning team for more Dividends of Democracy
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