Exactly a year ago, 360 individuals were sworn into the green chamber of the National Assembly.
Despite the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic during this period, some of these lawmakers ensured they fulfilled the electoral promises they made to their constituents.
Foremost among these lawmakers is Hon. Tolulope Akande Sadipe representing Oluyole Federal Constituency.
In her first year in office, Hon. Sadipe has left an indelible mark that, to certain extent, outweighs the previous representatives of the federal constituency.
As the Chairperson, Committee on Diaspora in the House of Representatives, she ensured the interests of Nigerians were not jeopardized outside the country.
She also embarked on laudable projects in her constituency, some of which are:
❖ Spearheading the empowerment of over 500 women and youths in various competencies.
❖ Providing monthly welfare support for constituents.
❖ Providing educational support and remedial tutoring classes for secondary school students & sponsoring students for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) exams and the National Examination Council (NECO) exams.
❖ Funding an N25million scholarship scheme for undergraduates.
❖ Facilitating the construction and renovation of schools e.g Temidire Agbamu Model Secondary School etc.
❖ Construction of public toilet facilities for Ara-Oje Community Primary School.
❖ Rehabilitation of Health care facilities e.g. Baare Health Centre etc.
❖ Rehabilitation of community social facilities e.g. Baare Town Hall etc.
❖ Promoting Agricultural development e.g empowerment of rice farmers, Training and Startup funding across the Agriculture Value Chain, etc.
❖ Rehabilitation of road infrastructure.
❖ Facilitated the workshop on Agricultural Products Conformity Assessment and Certification in conjunction with Nicert Expert Consulting.
❖ Donated materials to the Lako Community for the construction of a bridge that joins Lako and the Abeku community together.
❖ Flagged off the construction of an additional 3 – classroom buildings in Alaho Grammar School and Ayegun/Oleyo Primary School.
❖ Provision of Hand Sanitizers in markets across Oluyole Federal Constituency.
❖ Processing a COVID-19 Pandemic cash relief to over 300 constituents.
Furthermore, in one of her numerous attempts to empower her constituents since she assumed office, Hon. Tolulope Sadipe organized a Development Training Programme on Entrepreneurship.
This training, which was organized in conjunction with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) had over 200 participants in attendance with each of them receiving a Certificate of Attendance at the end of the training.
Despite paying the registration fee for some of her constituents to write the WAEC examination, Hon. Tolulope Sadipe also distributed study materials to ensure students in her constituency are well prepared for the examination.
Hon. Sadipe also organized free holiday coaching classes for Senior Secondary School students in her constituency. These free classes held at four different schools in the constituency.
As part of efforts to fulfill her electoral promise too, among six other mandates, improve education, Hon. Tolulupe Sadipe, in her first year in office, launched an N25 million scholarship scheme. The 4-year full Scholarship was awarded to 25 undergraduates, who would receive N100,000 annually, in the constituency. To ensure transparency and effectiveness, the fund of each beneficiary would be paid to the school directly.
On the physical project, Hon Sadipe flagged off the construction of many classrooms in Oluyole Federal Constituency, a project which has been found missing for many years before she broke the jinx. She has done well in Education, Health, and Agriculture for the people of Oluyole.
All these have shown that Hon. Sadipe is the type of representative the people of Oluyole constituency needed.
