House of Representatives aspirant for Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu federal constituency, Otunba Michael Olaiya Olobatoke has said he is far ahead of other aspirants, saying he is the candidate to beat in the party primary.
Otunba Olobatoke, who said he has done so much empowerments and provided selfless services to individuals and communities in his constituency more than any other aspirants, said if elected he will lift the name of his constituency to more national prominence.
He vowed to make the masses the centre stage of his focus by always giving them qualitative, selfless service, if elected to the national assembly.
Otunba Olobatoke who said he is now physically, mentally and psychologically ready for the People Democratic Party’s primaries slated for early next month said his own brand of politics is not laced with deception and running away from the people but will be propelled by the fear of God and selfless service.
The aspirant, while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja after he has been successfully screened and certified to contest for the House of Reps ticket, said he is coming with the zeal and vitality of an educated vibrant youth to make a positive difference.
He said if elected, he would embark on concerted advocacy and legislation to ensure that his constituency is given its fair share in the distribution of social amenities in the scheme of things and given a national recognition.
Otunba Olobatoke, an ebullient youth who exudes confidence, said he would get a landslide victory in the party’s primary.
He added that though he is the youngest amongst the five contestants, the race it is not about age but about capacity and selfless service to the people.
He said aside from advocacy and legislation, he has a blue print that he formulated to bring his foreign partners to create wealth for the teeming unemployed youths and women in his constituency so as to wipe out poverty and squalor.
“Honestly, I am seriously in pain when I see young vibrant youths like me going round the streets doing nothing, some are even thugs to politicians, this is bad, this nauseating and it has to stop. How for God sake will a young man agrees to engage in thuggery risking his life for just a peanut for another person? It amounts to submitting one’s destiny to such person and this will eventually impact negatively on the person and the society at large,” he said.
If elected, he said his exposure and achievements in the private sector will give him an edge over others and be an added advantage to reposition his constituency positively.
Otunba Olobatoke appealed to the delegates not to be allowed to be deceived by those who have nothing to offer for the people but vote for him as a God fearing servant of the masses.
