A 2-minute video showing a Federal Lawmaker representing Ido/Ibarapa East Federal Constituency of Oyo State in the National Assembly, Hon. Aderemi Oseni confirming President Bola Tinubu gave supports to federal lawmakers to take care of their respective constituents in the face of economic hardship in the country has caused stir in Ibadan as some electorate are demanding accountability from their representatives.
In the said video, Oseni, an Engineer and Chairman House of Representatives Committee on FERMA said, “let me say this for the whole world to hear. Let anyone who has given me any dime apart from the money the President (Bola Tinubu) gave us, should come out and say it. I challenge the person to come out publicly and tell the people.
“President gave us money to go back to our constituencies and take care of our people. It is not a private thing now. It was done through the ministry of Agric that we should take (items); go back and take care of our people,” he said.
Asked further by journalists that some federal lawmakers are yet to distribute any grains to their constituents, Oseni laughed, saying it was their problem.
Participating on a phone in programme in an Ibadan-based radio station, callers lamented that many of the State lawmakers including two senators and a number of House of Representatives’ members are yet to do anything concerning the position of Hon Remi Oseni who have N10,000 each to constituents and good items.
One of the callers from Ona Ara local government said, “we need to ask these people what they have been doing for their people. Hon Remi Oseni came out clean to say the President gave supports to the federal lawmakers yet some of them are saying they haven’t received anything.
“Of all our three Senators, we have seen Oloye Sharafadeen Alli giving supports to the people of Oyo South. Oloye Alli is doing many great things for our people. The one for Oyo Central, Senator Yunus Akintunde denied receiving any rice from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Oyo North Senator, Fatai Buhari has not been seen or heard saying anything about the issue,” he lamented.
Another caller from Iseyin said while both Hon. Adigun Abass Agboworin and Hon Stanley Adedeji Olajide (Odidiomo) confirmed the support given to them and have been seen distributing rice and all sorts of supports for their people, Hon. Shina Oyedeji (O’ Shine) said on a popular radio in Ibadan two weeks ago that he has not received such rice till now.
“Other federal Reps too have either remained silent or evasive on this matter. This is not the time to keep mum because our people are suffering and voted for them to represent their interests and not their personal interests.
A youth leader from Ogbomoso said, “it is baffling to see those claiming never to have received anything changing vehicles and flying first class in recent time. It is therefore important for the leadership of the National Assembly especially the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass to publish what the government has given to the lawmakers to cushion the sufferings of their people.
“Making this public would allow the people to know their real enemies between the current president and the members of the National Assembly including the State Governments that have done little or nothing to cushion the current economic problems in the country,” the anchor person corroborated the views of the callers.
