Ondo State First Lady, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu said she is interested in vying for the Imo East Senatorial District seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress(APC) to improve the lives of her people.
Anyanwu-Akeredolu said this on Friday during an interaction with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Imo State Council, in Owerri.
She said previous governments and legislators have neglected her senatorial district despite the developments witnessed in other parts of the state.
Anyanwu-Akeredolu decried the poor refuse disposal system in the senatorial district and the high number of preventable deaths, especially among women, occasioned by lack of standard medical facilities.
According to her, despite being married to a Yoruba man for 40 years, she had never lost touch with her biological birthplace and has been conversant with developments at home.
“I have deep interest in human capital development and a deep-seated desire to improve the lives of my people from Imo,” she said.
She added that she had a greater chance to change the narrative in Imo East senatorial district as an Igbo daughter, with Yoruba in-laws, to lobby for projects that would impact on the lives of her people.
“I have demonstrated this ability to handle the position with the many development projects I had attracted to my community in the past.
“I have ensured that my development projects, as the wife of a sitting governor, are extended to my state of origin.
“I attracted the construction of a 10.5km road, worth N1.6 billion from Niger Delta Development Commission and it is currently under construction.
“I have also sponsored no fewer than 200 girls, with technological knowledge and special focus on Information Communication Technology, among others,” she added.
The Ondo first lady had earlier held a town hall meeting with constituents of Okpuala-Emeabiam, in Owerri West Local Government Area at the Community’s Civic Center.
Imo East is presently represented in the senate by Senator Onyewuchi Ezenwa, the only Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator from the state.