The Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) candidate for Egbeda State Constituency, Hon. Sunkanmi Babalola, popularly known as Sunky, has assured residents of Oluwo community of more developmental projects, pledging to sustain efforts towards improving infrastructure, education and access to essential social amenities.
Babalola gave the assurance during a Meet Your Candidates engagement organised in Oluwo, where representatives of 37 communities gathered to engage APM candidates and present their needs, challenges and development priorities.
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The meeting provided an opportunity for community representatives to outline pressing concerns affecting their communities, particularly poor road infrastructure and the absence of a secondary school.
Responding to the demands presented, Babalola acknowledged the importance of grassroots engagement in identifying the needs of the people and ensuring that development initiatives reflect the realities of local communities.
The lawmaker noted that, through. Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency OYCSDA a community health centre had been constructed to improve access to healthcare services.
He assured the residents that more developmental initiatives were in the pipeline to bring further dividends of democracy to the area.
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On the community’s demand for improved road infrastructure, Babalola commended Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, for his developmental efforts, expressing confidence that more improvements could be achieved through continued leadership and collaboration.
He further assured the residents that the APM leadership would work towards providing a motorable road network to ease transportation, improve accessibility and support economic activities across the benefiting communities.
The issue of education also featured prominently during the engagement, as the community representatives lamented that their area did not have a single secondary school. They appealed for urgent intervention to ensure that children in the area could access secondary education without having to travel long distances.
In his response, Babalola stressed that education remained a critical foundation for individual advancement and community development, noting that educational facilities should be brought closer to the people to improve access and opportunities for young residents.
He assured the community representatives that he would formally present their request to the appropriate authorities, expressing optimism that their appeal would receive the necessary consideration.
The APM candidate also urged residents of the 37 communities to remain united in articulating their developmental needs, stressing the importance of collective engagement in addressing challenges affecting their communities.
He called on the residents to support the APM, which he described as a people-centred political platform, saying the party was committed to addressing governance challenges and promoting development from the grassroots to the national level.
In a further demonstration of support for the gathering, Hon. Sunkanmi Babalola donated ₦500,000 towards refreshments for representatives of the 37 communities who attended the engagement.
The donation added to the proceedings of the meeting, which focused on community participation, the identification of development priorities and the need for sustained engagement between political representatives and the people they seek to serve.
