No fewer than 77 classrooms were constructed by Hon. Dennis Idahosa, the representative of the Ovia federal constituency in the National Assembly (NASS) in the past three years.
Idahosa who stated this in a chat with newsmen in Benin on Sunday, also said his stewardship within the same period have seen to the empowerment of 617 members of his constituent.
He said that several others projects ranging from electrification, roads, health centers, town hall, markets, skill acquisition centers, Cassava Procesisng plants, were executed by him with the sole aim of lifting the standard of living in the area.
Idahosa stressed that he has had a rewarding experience being a member of the House of Representatives as it has afforded him the opportunity to impact on the lives of his people.
Idahosa who is the Chairman, House Committee on Legislative Compliance, particularly noted that his intervention in the education sector was the more touching to him.
The lawmaker pointed out that before his intervention, most pupils and students alike in the area had a bitter experience of trekking long distance to attend classes, while some received classes in batches because of lack of classrooms.
“It was indeed more touching to me as some of them had to attend schools in neighbouring Ondo state while there were some situation of primary school was combining to take classes with their Secondary school because of lack of classrooms.
This is no politics and it happened in Evbuonogbon and Ekosodun respectively. Our intervention changed the situation,” he stated.
He said driven by the need to see to the economy wellbeing of the people he initiated and executed some empowerment programmes that saw 617 persons from across the 23 wards of the federal constituency as beneficiaries.
While noting that the empowerment programmes which included various aspect of Agriculture and fashion, the lawmaker said that the beneficiaries were not just trained, but were provided with starters parks as well.
He further said that he his intervention have saved the education pursuit of 50 undergraduates in the federal constituency with the payment ofntheir tuition fees.
Idahosa said that these projects have been impactful and have transformed not just the communities, but have seen to the improvement in the economic wellbeing of the people.
The lawmaker who said he is seeking reelection to considate of the achievements recorded in his first term, said he would be embarking on campaign based by showcasing his record of stewardship stewardship within the past three years.
“I understand they have started regrouping to embark on campaign of calumny, we won’t go dirty with them, we will use our projects across the 23 wards to speak with our people.
“Ovia people are a lot wiser now and knows who mean well for them. We shall be asking them to compare the time past and era between 2019 and now,” he said.
The lawmaker concluded with the promise to see to the end of the ongoing 37.4km Udo-Nikorogha and Ekehuan-Gelegele electrification projects.
