Ahead of the 2027 general elections, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Akintayo Olokunboro who is also the Founder of the Akinrinlola Olokunboro Foundation, has declared that his intention to join the Akure South/North House of Representatives race is to enable him to solve people’s problems and not to be patching them.
At a media interaction in Akure, Olokunboro pointed out that politics must shift from self-interest to service to the people.
He said the foundation currently employed more than 100 workers in its weekly environmental sanitation exercise in both Akure North and Akure South local government areas, while its recent free medical outreach provided health checks and medicines for over 750 residents.
Olokunboro assured that his extensive work experience in healthcare safety, pulp mill operations and mining remediation, shaped his passion for structured community development and environmental sanitation.
The APC chieftain who is the Son of a popular strong Progressive politician in Akure, late Akinrinlola Olokunboro, also spoke on his vision to expand on the Foundation’s services to the public if given a chance to represent Akure federal constituency at the National Assembly comes 2027.
Olokunboro who shared how his late father cherished progressives manifestos of welfare packages for the masses when he was alive, maintained that politics must shift from self-interest to service.
“Representation is everything. If you represent your people well, resources will follow the right direction. Politics should be a tool for expansion, not personal gain.”
The APC Stalwart said his foundation has tackled some issues in Akure South and Akure North local governments in the areas of environmental sanitation, educational support, medical outreach and business empowerment, but he insisted more are still needed to be done.
“We can help more people when community projects become public projects. Good leadership should inspire good policies. I want to lead people to solve problems together—not patch them after they become too big.”
Olokunboro confessed that he avoided active politics for many years despite being born into a politically rooted family, but declining quality of representation and need to genuinely serve the people encouraged him to step in.
“We can’t complain about the system and still allow the wrong people to determine how we live. If my father served with integrity, I must uphold that legacy and expand it.”
“Nobody pressured me. I just believe it is time. I’m not desperate for titles. If God wants it to happen, it will,” Olokunboro opined.
He warned against political rascality; “politics is not a do-or-die affair. I don’t want anyone wounded or shot on my behalf. That is not politics; that is thuggery.”
This is just as he recalled a stern warning from his late father, “My father told me, ‘Have you ever heard a politician’s child being shot during a riot?’ That stayed with me. Every child is important. I can’t keep mine safe and let other people’s children suffer.”
“No Life Should Be Lost For My Ambition. Politics is not a do-or-die affair. I don’t want anyone wounded or shot on my behalf. That is not politics; that is thuggery,” he said.
