- By Demola Atobaba, Ado-Ekiti
Lawmaker representing Ekiti North Federal Constituency II, Hon. Davison Kolawole Akinlayo, has reel out his stewardship achievements in office.
The lawmaker who also disclosed that he joined partisan politics to secure a bigger platform to cater for the needs of the people, especially youths and women.
Akinlayo mentioned this in Ado-Ekiti at an interactive session with newsmen at the April edition of Congress of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ekiti State Council on Tuesday.
Speaking extensively about his humble beginning, he hinted that his background shaped his passion for grassroots development and inclusive representation.
He explained that the realities of poverty and limited opportunities in rural communities motivated him to seek elective office, rather than remain on the sidelines.
According to him, governance should be about impact, not titles, stressing that his mandate is to bring federal presence closer to his constituents.
Hon. Akinlayo listed his achievements to include multiple empowerment programmes targeted at artisans, traders, and small-scale business owners across the constituency.
He disclosed that hundreds of youths and women have benefitted from skills acquisition training, start-up grants, and distribution of working tools to enhance self-reliance.
On education, the lawmaker said he instituted a bursary scheme for indigent students in tertiary institutions, while also sponsoring JAMB registration for hundreds of secondary school students annually.
He added that he has facilitated inter-community infrastructure projects, including grading of rural roads, provision of solar-powered streetlights, and renovation of classroom blocks across the three local government areas in his constituency.
Hon. Akinlayo commended journalists in Ekiti State for their role in strengthening democracy and pledged today maintain an open-door policy for constructive engagement with the media.
Others who spoke at the event include the immediate past chairman of NUJ in Ekiti State, Lion Rotimi Ojomoyela, chairman of NUJ, comrade Kayode Babatuyi among others.
