Kolapo Kola-Daisi, one of the sons of foremost industrialist, Chief Kola Daisi, during an interview with newsmen on Thursday has revealed his intention to contest Oyo south senatorial seat come 2023.
Kolapo said his intention was inspired by his desire to lift people out of poverty, most especially the youths and women.
He vowed to work towards formulating policies that will favour youth and women, provide human capital development, social infrastructural development, with key interventions in education and healthy sectors via healthy and quality legislation.
While speaking on the strong cord he shared with his father-in-law and the late immediate former governor of Oyo state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi before his death, Kolapo described him as an extraordinary man who he marvelled at his ability to attend to state affairs as a governor and home front, without finding him wanton.
Speaking on how his family background spur his moral, business and academic quality, Kolapo said: “I’m not rich but comfortable though my father is probably wealthy. When I finished from the university, my father said he won’t give me pocket money again. He also told me not to use his name or influence to get a job and I got a job because I was brilliant.
“The real family name is, Ikudaisi but my dad changed it to Kola-Daisi and today Kola-Daisi is a popular name that we can’t afford to destroy.
“My late mother was actually the silver spoon of the family from Animasahun lineage. Nonetheless, my father didn’t give her any chance to spoil us as children from rich family. The secondary school I attended in Ogbomoso was a public school without toilet and other facilities. Even though my mum tried desperately to withdraw me, my dad resisted her. My dad was doing all these to make me learn how to work hard before I can enjoy riches and to be morally upright”.
Kola-Daisi, who is contesting on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said, “Government represents 75%-80% of whatever happens in this our country, because policy drives everything. One way or the other, we have to get involved in decision making, so that we can make our state and country a better place”.
While urging the Nigerian youths to brace up and wake up from oblivion so as to harness their population to demand change, he noted that “If 90% of a population is below 50 years, I think it’s about time as a population, we take matters into our own hands. I understand that politics can be dirty, it can be convoluted, and there is a lot to discourage people from it, but we can’t be discouraged if we really want to make our state and country a better place.”
The 43-year-old financial expert, who hails from Ita-Baale Olugbode, in Ibadan North East local government, therefore assured his constituents of quality representation that would launch the promotion of human capacity through quality education and sustainable development, if voted.
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