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General News of Tuesday, 21 March 2023

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Four projects Rukayat Shittu, 26, hopes to execute after winning Kwara HoA seat

Rukayat Shittu Rukayat Shittu

Rukayat Shittu, the winner of the Owode Onire state constituency election has spoken about what motivated her to go into politics.

The 26-year-old who contested on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 7,521 to defeat her rival in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 6,957 during Saturday’s election.

Her victory makes her one of the youngest candidates to win an election in Nigeria's history.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Leadership after her victory said she run because she saw a void she wanted to fill in the state. She stressed that her experience in school politics gave her the needed foundation to run.

"I was inspired to run because I saw a vacuum in the society that needs to be filled and having served as Senate President at the Congress of NOUN Students at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and having been groomed by Kwara Must Change, I believe I have the capacity to fill the vacuum and bridge the gap between the older and younger generations.

“As young people, we don’t have to be outside and throw stone inside. We can’t continue to be condemning what we don’t understand; we should get in and learn. Going into politics was a learning adventure for me and I have been blessed to embark on the journey.”

The lawmaker-elect said she would focus attention on delivering on four key areas for her constituents: “I will strive to give my constituents adequate representation, through participatory engagement. I shall carry out effective legislative advancement of bills and motions to address issues of importance to the society. I will engage in executive oversight to ensure projects are adequately executed through a transparent and accountable manner and I will carry out consistent constituency outreach to support our people with empowerment and facilitation of projects.”

Shittu, an online reporter. The elated house of assembly member-elect said she felt privileged to be pronounced winner of the election in Owode/Onire constituency.

She expressed her gratitude to the APC leadership in the state and the electorate for giving her what she described as a rare opportunity.