Equity Without Fairness Is Not Balance: Why Imasayi Ward Deserves the Next Representation in Yewa North Isokan State Constituency I
To: His Excellency, Dapo Abiodun, CON Governor, Ogun State The Leadership of the All Progressives Congress, Ogun State Chapter Your Excellency and Distinguished Leaders, We write with utmost respect and a strong sense of civic responsibility regarding the ongoing conversations about rotational representation in Yewa North Isokan State Constituency I. Recent appeals have rightly raised the question of equity among the zones within the constituency. Yet it is important to state clearly that equity without fairness cannot produce balance. True equity requires that attention be given not only to zones but also to the wards within those zones that have consistently been left out of representation. Yewa North Isokan State Constituency I is made up of seven wards: Idofoi, Ayetoro Ward I, Ayetoro Ward II, Sunwa, Joga/Ibooro, Imasayi, and Ibeshe. Over the course of democratic governance since 1999, several of these wards have had the opportunity to produce representatives at the Ogu...