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2023: Ikeja Federal Constituency Needs Quality Representation – PDP House of Representatives Aspirant
Hon Yaaqub Olugbenga Daranijo, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for the Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives has said the constituency cannot afford an elusive representative any longer.
Ahead of the National Assembly elections, Hon Yaaqub Olugbenga Daranijo, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for the Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives has said the constituency cannot afford an elusive representative any longer.
According to him, the Ikeja Federal constituency has never had a good and quality representative that truly represents the people in the last decade. He said the current occupier, Hon. James Faleke only represents himself and not the people of Ikeja. He said the Honorable’s main preoccupation has been jockeying for positions between Lagos and Kogi State. It is no longer news that Ikeja residents are not sure if he represents them or not.
He said “How can you explain that this constituency has anyone representing us in Abuja with the level of impoverishment, poverty, and lack of government impact here? In all honesty, Hon. James Faleke may be representing himself and his godfathers definitely, not us”.
Daranijo said the people of the constituency are yearning for true representatives and he has offered himself to lead them out of the woods. “ Obviously, the Hon is now preoccupied with the Presidential bid of some of his leaders rather than facing the rigors of representing his constituency. Enough is enough!”
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The PDP chieftain said if given the opportunity, power will be truly given to the people and not any power cabal and that development will be even across the constituency as he intends to be very vocal in advocating government presence in Ikeja.
Daranijo said the core of his legislative activities will focus on women, youths, children, and the physically challenged. He queried why the nation’s global SDG rankings are still so unimpressive after 8 years of APC rule. According to him, he has promised to be an advocate for the actualization of the Sustainable Development Goals and upon resumption of office in 2023 he will be called “Mr. SDG”.
He urged the delegates and leaders of the party in Ikeja LGA to give him the opportunity to lead the rebirth of the constituency by voting en-mass for him at the primary’s elections coming up in less than a month’s time. He asserted that he is very confident that he will be given the mandate to represent the People’s Democratic Party as her candidate in the general elections next year.
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has described the planned increase in electricity and telecom tariffs as unconscionable.
The statement comes after the telecoms regulator last week approved the increase in mobile tariffs.
The federal government also recently said that plans were ongoing to increase electricity tariffs “over the next few months.”
However, Sani, who said the government’s plan is unreasonable, insisted that it should be halted.
The ex-lawmaker also expressed his support for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the scheduled protest against the government’s proposal, calling it a welcome development.
“The planned increase in electricity tariffs in the midst of poor power supply and the proposal to increase telecom tariffs is unconscionable and should be halted. The scheduled labour union protest is a welcome development,” he posted on X.
The United States President, Donald Trump, has revealed his decision to cut off all future funding to South Africa, citing poor treatment of “certain classes of people.”
Trump made this known on Sunday in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform.
According to Trump, South Africa was seizing land and mistreating some citizens without concern for the violations of their rights.
“South Africa is confiscating land and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY.
“I will be cutting off all future funding to South Africa until a full investigation of this situation has been completed!” Trump wrote.
Reports suggest that the American leader may be defending White South Africans, some of whom have alleged that the South African policy is unfair to them.
There are indications that the federal government will on Monday meet with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to stop the planned Tuesday nationwide protest against the 50 percent telecommunications tariff hike.
A reliable source familiar with the matter, who preferred anonymity, disclosed this on Monday morning, noting that the meeting between the NLC leadership and the federal government is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday.
The source said the meeting was a “dialogue on matters of national interest as it affects Nigerian workers.”
According to the source, it will be an inter-ministerial meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), purposely to resolve issues raised by the NLC concerning the federal government’s approved upward adjustment to telecommunications tariffs, which the NLC, its allies, and others are vehemently opposing.
This comes as the NLC is already mobilizing workers for a mass protest tomorrow (February 4) against the 50 percent tariff hike approval.
On Thursday last week, in a letter to affiliate unions and state councils, NLC General Secretary Emma Ugboaja urged them to mobilize other Nigerians to send a serious message to the government.
The planned protest follows the 50 percent telecom tariff approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on January 20, 2025.
The approval had sparked widespread rejection among telecom subscribers.
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