Residents of Kekereowo, Shobowale and Mopelola in Ilasamaja, Mushin will ever remain obliged to their representative at the House of Representatives, Hon. Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla for bringing relief and succour to the community.
Ayinla, who represents Mushin Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, inaugurated a borehole for residents of Mopelola Street and a standard culvert for residents of Kekereowo and Shobowale streets as well as clearing the blocked drainage system on the one kilometer-long Kekereowo Street.
This brings to an end the perennial lack of potable water in Mopelola and years of flooding on Kekereowo/Shobowale streets and inability of residents of Shobowale Street to access Kekereowo Street due to bad condition of the road.
With the provision of the culvert, residents of Shobowale Street can now drive in and out of the street through Kekereowo Street, a major road that links Ilasa, Mushin and Idi-Araba in Surulere.
According to some residents, any time it rains, the Shobowale/Kekereowo axis of the road is always flooded and impassable. This, they said, is caused by blocked drainage system resulting from improper drainage to channel the coming from Shobowale Street into the water channel on Kekereowo Street. They regretted that the Chinese firm that constructed the one-kilometre long road did a shabby job. The flooding therefore destroyed the road and cut it off from Kekereowo Street. But this has been rectified by the intervention of the lawmaker.
Answering reporters’ questions on the inauguration of the two projects, the lawmaker said there were many issues in the various communities that needed urgent attention but I will attend to these issues bit by bit. It is also a challenge to everyone who has the capability to improve on his environment to do so. It doesn’t have to be the government alone; this is part of my contributions to make my communities and my constituents better. I have been doing things such as empowerment and I will continue to do so. By next month, I will distribute N20, 000 to 600 people in my constituency to assist them in their various trades or to kick-start a trade.
“We should always look out for what the communities lack in order to assist them. For me I would not allow the communities to suffer if I have the wherewithal to assist them. I will do everything within my power and capability to give them relief and that is exactly what I am doing with these two projects I just inaugurated. I am inspired to correct the ills in the society,” he said.
While giving God all the glory, Ayinla said he feels good being able to help his constituents, adding that he is able to do what he is doing by the grace of God.
He advised the residents to put to proper use the projects and endeavour to maintain them. If there is any problem with the borehole or the culvert, they should report to his constituency office.
He advised wealthy individuals to contribute to the well-being of members of the society. This is because, whatever you do for others, you will gain the reward on the Day of Judgment. Commending the lawmaker, who he described as a pragmatic leader, for what he has been doing for the constituency, the Sole Administrator of Mushin Local Government Area, Hon. Yinka Kazeem said he was happy with the job the lawmaker did on the road.
He advised the residents to maintain the infrastructure “because it belongs to them. We must keep watch and maintain the infrastructure in the community, it is very important,” he said.
A member of the community who was also the contractor that handled the project, Chief James Osemede described the lawmaker as a listening representative. He said he called the attention of Ayinla to the bad state of the road.
“Shobowale Street had been cut off from Kekereowo Street by flood and he agreed to take up the project personally since the local government or state Ministry of Works was not forthcoming and that was how he took it up,” he said.
Osemede said he felt elated about the job done and everybody feels satisfied that he is listening to the community. In fact, Ayinla listens, he attends to people, he empowers people and indeed he has reached out to a lot of people.
Osemede advised the residents to stop dumping garbage in the drainage system so as not to block them again and cause flooding that will again submerge and destroy the road.
Another resident, Adeleke Samuel, thanked the lawmaker for fixing the road, which he said was impassable before because when it rains the whole road is flooded. “But with the construction of the culvert, the water now flows through; making the road passable.” He described the lawmaker’s gesture as worthy as it has brought succour to the people.
Thanking the lawmaker for providing residents of Mopelola Street with borehole, a community member, Gbolahan Olusoji said the community has been longing for a borehole for a couple of years and the lawmaker promised during his electioneering campaigns that he would give us one if voted into power. He has actually done it, he has fulfilled his promise.
He said the community is very delighted with the provision of the borehole, even as he pleaded that their representative should continue to provide them with dividends of democracy.
He advised the community to be security-conscious and to protect every project located in the community because it will benefit everybody.
“The project is for us all and we should protect it consciously,” he said.
