By Amuda Dan Sulaiman FAB.
Frontline politician, Hon. Tim Nda Diche, seeking to represent Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency in Nigeria’s House of Representatives in 2019, has declared that he is eligible to contest for the House of Reps position because of the roles he has played within and outside the party and also because he has what it takes to represent his people at that level.
Speaking in Lokoja recently, Diche, further stressed that he has been a loyal party man who ran for the same position in 2011 but “lost to the superior decision of the (PDP) leadership” which he agreed was right in asking him to stand down.
The aspirant who is currently a member of All Progressives Congress (APC), also pointed to the fact that in all the positions of responsibility handed him, “I have not disappointed my principals”.
On what he plans to do when elected, Diche was emphatic that “the architecture of my policy thrust is going to be human development-based because most of our people live below the poverty line”.
He emphasized the role played by the ‘Diche Group’, a critical support group he used to assiduously work for President Mohammahu Buhari’s electoral victory and highlighted how the group tirelessly worked and also galvanized other groups to help ensure that Buhari’s victory was emphatic.
“I have done empowerment within my community, Bassa LGA and beyond. I have followership which constantly reminds me that I must live up to my responsibilities”.
As a grassroots politician, he continues, “interacting with people from other states, has had a positive impact on me and equipped me with the much-needed exposure. I mean, I will not be going to Abuja to look at the buildings, after all these years of working with the people in Abuja; going there will be an opportunity to go and work at improving the fortunes of my people, primarily through the contacts I have cultivated over time as well as the interactions that I maintain”.
Diche plans to carry out, when elected, “a proper needs assessment within his constituency before capturing projects. In place too, will be a feedback process to ensure that they will not be any disconnect with the people, just like this will help me pursue logical projects for my people”.
He therefore appealed to people in Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency to throw their support behind him as he has consulted extensively with political stakeholders from the constituency before declaring to run for the position. “I will not disappoint”, he concluded
