A lawyer and former President of the Students’ Union Government (SUG) at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), Pelumi Olajengbesi, has joined the race for the House of Representatives ticket for Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency in Osun State.
Olajengbesi, who hails from Ijesa North Local Government Area, is the National Coordinator of #YouthLeadNigeria# campaign.
Addressing reporters in Abuja, the young politician noted that amidst difficulties and growing anxiety over the future of the country, Nigerians had refused to succumb to despair and hopelessness.
He said: “It is gratifying that in my vision and service-driven life, I, after due consultation with family, the private and public sectors, civil society groups, labour unions, religious and political leaders, youths and students’ groups, hereby offer myself for services to my great constituents of Ijesa North as a candidate for the House of Representatives for Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency.
“I declare this intention solemnly with the awareness of the onerous challenges that lay ahead and, powered by our dogged commitment to survive and weather the storms as they may come, in acknowledgement that no true path towards growth and development is without an admixture of thorns and roses.”