Election 2027: ADC Benue South senatorial candidate makes promises

ADC Benue South senatorial candidate, Chief David Olofu, on Monday pledged to establish the People’s Assembly and People’s Council within his first 100 days in office, if elected.

Olofu, who made this known when he visited the correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State Council in Makurdi, said the institutions would provide a platform for residents in the wards to identify their needs and hold elected representatives accountable.

He also promised to inaugurate a technical committee to develop a comprehensive senatorial district development plan to guide his legislative interventions.

The candidate said his priority will include improving agriculture through land development, irrigation, fish farming and other measures aimed at increasing productivity and creating economic opportunities.

Olofu, former Benue State Commissioner for Finance, said Benue South must leverage its proximity to Abuja and abundant agricultural potential to supply more food to the Federal Capital Territory and other markets.

He also pledged to lobby the federal government for the development of the district’s mineral and oil resources, saying the proposed People’s Council could mobilize prominent indigenous people to pursue such issues.

On insecurity, Olofu proposed a coordinated security framework involving communities, neighbourhoods, local governments and conventional security agencies, supported by a command and control centre.

He said his agenda is to reform political representation by making elected officials more responsive, transparent and accountable to the people who gave them office.