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.