Dr Siji Olamiju is an aspirant in Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He speaks with YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE on why the people of Osun State should vote for Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola, achievements of Governor Rauf Aregbesola as well as his own plans for the people of his constituency.
Why do you think the people of Osun State should vote for Oyetola?
Osun people have every cause to vote for Oyetola because of the singular reason of ensuring the continuity of the good work of Governor Abdulrauf Aregbesola. Look at Lagos State for instance; it was the continuity of the progressive government that has made them to develop rapidly. When Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was there, he performed creditably well, leaving it behind for another person from his party in person of Mr Babatunde Fashola who also sprang a surprise in terms of his impressive performance as governor of Lagos State. Fashola after spending eight years in office also handed the baton of leadership to his party man, who is currently the governor of Lagos State. I am talking of Mr Akinwumi Ambode. We have all seen his activities and excellent performance so far. Again, continuity doesn’t give room for abandoned projects which ordinarily another governor from different political party will want to do and start another fresh projects.
Thirdly, Oyetola as a person is an insider in the government of Aregbesola as chief of staff. If he is voted in as governor, he already knows where to continue, and he himself is a man of proven integrity; very transparent and obedient to constituted authorities. He is also a lover of the masses.
What lured you, a pharmacist, into politics?
Let me first start by proper introduction of myself. My name is Dr Siji Olamiju, I am a community pharmacist by profession and a strong member of All Progressives Congress (APC).
I was born in Esa-Oke but I grew up, married and schooled at Ipetu-Ijesa in Oriade Local Government. I’m from Ward Seven in Obokun Local Government, carved out to the newly created Obokun East LCDA with its headquartered at Ilare. I’ve been in the progressive party since the time of Alliance for Democracy (AD). I stated politics when I was doing my practical at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, before I later went for my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Our party transformed from AD to Action Congress (AC), then to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) before we now got to APC where we are. Since then, I’ve been a strong supporter/financier of the party right from the ward up to the state level.
When I declared my intention to run for the position of House of Representatives for Obokun Oriade federal constituency, people received the news with mixed feelings I’ve already been greatly blessed. What I’m I looking for politics is full of deceit. But as I said earlier, what brought me into politics is just my crave for lifting the less privileged people out of poverty to prosperity.
You are contesting for a seat in the House of Representatives. What really prompted your action?
I can say my crave for qualitative and excellent representation that prompted my action. You see, my people had been badly represented in the past, which I intend to correct and bring laughter into the faces of my people. I have the mind of representing them meritoriously well in the following areas : sponsoring of meaningful bills that will touch directly on the lives of my people; using of my constituency projects allowance to complement the efforts of the state government in the area of infrastructure provision; assisting the less privileged financially; rendering of monetary assistance to market men and women, artisans, students, farmers as well as the traders; bringing of federal presence to my constituency and Osun State as a whole; assisting unemployed youths to secure Federal appointments; opening of constituency office in my federal constituency so as to allow my people to have easy access to me, among others.
As you can see, ever before I signified my intention to represent my people at the National Assembly, I had been contributing my quotas to the welfare of humanity and my state. For example, I rebuilt a particular Mosque in my Constituency. I also organised football competition so as to promote sporting activities among the youths. I have assisted a lot of youths both financially and morally, I have at different times, assisted the government in the area of health by providing them with drugs for supply into our hospitals free of charge, which I did with my personal money.
Also, as an employer of labour, presently, I have over two hundred and fifty staff (250) that are working in my pharmaceutical company. So these are the achievements, I intend to consolidate upon if voted in as member of the House of Representative to represent Obokun / Oriade Federal constituency in Abuja.
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