Raphael Oyedun Adeleye is one of the aspirants under the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Ifelodun LCDA Chairmanship election in 2021.
Born
in 1966, the University of Benin trained Medical Doctor spoke on his political
experience and his contributions to his community, adding that he has good
knowledge of the political culture of the Ifelodun community, hence well
equipped to assume the pilot position of the LCDA in 2021. He disclosed that he
has been supporting the party with his little resources.
“I
have been practicing politics underneath, and I have been a politician who has
been supporting the politicians underneath with my background in the
environment because majority of my medical practice has been in this
environment, so I have understudied the political terrain very well and I have
been contributing to the progress of the present party, APC, with my own little
resources and in the process of doing that I have had interactions with some
political leaders. I am also privileged to be nominated as the Chairman of the
health committee for the Ifelodun LCDA; that gave me another opportunity to
understudy how governance is being run at the local government level, under the
present administration headed by Honourable Suaib Fatai Ajidagba, the Honorable
Chairman of Ifelodun LCDA. My interest is also based on discussions and
mind-rubbing with the indigenes to vie for the post.”
Responding
to the question on what made him think he stands a better chance to clinch the
position he said “To the glory of God, I don’t like praising myself, but I
think I am closer to the people, I am part and parcel of them, rendering
selfless services to them, given them free medical care, contributing
positively to the development of the community and because of the nature of my
job I have had a very close rapport with the majority of them rendering
selfless medical services to them free of charge. So this really endeared me
personally to their heart and that has given me an edge over others. Presently
I am the patron of one of the local LA Primary Schools in the community and I
have been rendering services to the school.”
Speaking
on what he intends to do if elected chairman he said, “The present administration
under Honorable Ajidagba has done tremendously well, he has really transformed
Ifelodun LCDA into the cynosure of everybody’s eye and based on his pedigree,
and in order to be able to sustain this legacy, I am venturing into politics to
continue the good work he is doing and even improve on it.”
Adeleye
also spoke on his priority if elected “One of my priority areas will be in the
area of quality education. My aim will be to ensure people have access to free
and affordable education at the primary level and even the secondary level
within the jurisdiction of the local government. So this is one of my targets.
Apart from that, we hope to improve on the health mission programme. I am going
to improve on the programme, increase the number of people who will have access
to this free health mission on a yearly basis throughout my tenure by God’s
grace, and with the level of infrastructural development that has taken place;
other roads that have not been touched will be given due attention during my
tenure.’
He
said the youth will be adequately catered for “Again the youths will be well
engaged, by engaging consultants, who will be able to introduce them to other
areas, where they can get empowered so that they will not be idle because an
idle mind is the devil’s workshop. This I am sure will help to minimize youths’
restiveness in the community, so that investors can come, we want to embark on
all these so that the community continues to witness tremendous development so
that Ifelodun LCDA will be a mini Ikoyi in Lagos.”
He
said he the present administration under AJIFAT has reconstructed and even
built more than 20 roads with interlock, if you drive round the LCDA you will
testify to this fact, but what I am going to do is to continue from where he
stopped.
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