With no return bid to the Senate, Senator Neda Imasuen is using the remaining stretch of his tenure to push more constituency projects across Edo South, reinforcing the infrastructure record he hopes to leave behind when he exits the National Assembly.
In Amagba community, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Imasuen laid the foundation stone for a new police station and inspected an ongoing market project, assuring residents that both facilities would be completed before the end of his tenure.
The projects come as the senator’s tenure winds down, but rather than scaling back constituency interventions, Imasuen is pressing ahead with projects focused on security, commerce and community development.
At the foundation-laying ceremony, he said the police station would bring security personnel closer to residents of Amagba, a community whose rapid expansion has increased the need for a stronger security presence.
“On the insecurity we speak about all the time, we want to bring police nearer to the people. When we do that, crime will be reduced in this Amagba community that has become so big,” Imasuen said.
The senator said his commitment to the constituents would extend beyond his tenure.
“I’m still with the people. Even when I leave office, I’ll still be with the people. The people come first and I will always carry them along,” he said.
The market project is expected to provide additional trading spaces and support commercial activities in the growing community, particularly for local traders, women and youths.
Imasuen said such infrastructure was also a way of delivering the dividends of democracy, arguing that citizens do not experience government only through direct financial benefits.
“Sometimes you feel it through other means, like providing these amenities for the people,” he said.
He acknowledged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as financial support that enabled the projects to move forward.
Community leaders and residents welcomed the interventions, particularly the proposed police station, which they said would improve security and create a more conducive environment for economic activities.
With his departure from the Senate approaching, Imasuen’s remaining tenure is increasingly being defined by the projects he can complete and hand over to constituents.
The Amagba projects therefore represent more than new infrastructure: they are part of the physical record the senator is building as his time in the Senate draws closer to its conclusion.
