STATEN ISLAND-Yau, Boyd Melson, tsohon zakaran WBC USNBC, 2008 Olympic m, da Captain a U.S. Rundunar Soja, a bainar jama'a ya kaddamar da yakin neman zabensa na Majalisa a kan Dan Donovan dan Republican. Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya fitar da wani video don nuna alamar sanarwar da ke nuna sadaukarwar Melson don taimaka wa wasu ta hanyar hidimarsa ga ƙasarmu, shaukinsa da jajircewarsa na neman maganin raunin kashin baya, da gwagwarmaya da alwashi da ya yi na taimaka wa masu fama da shaye-shayen miyagun kwayoyi.

Zurfin sha'awar Melson don taimaka wa wasu ya sa ya himmatu wajen ba da shawararsa da goyon baya ga bincike na kashin baya.. Ya ba da gudummawar duk nasarorin da ya samu na ƙwararru kuma ya yi aiki don haɓaka jimlar kusan kusan $400,000 don ba da kuɗin bincike don warkar da raunin kashin baya. Melson ya ci gaba da tallafawa marasa- ribar da ya kafa “YAQIN KUNGIYAR YIN TAFIYA” kuma ya ɗauki sabon ƙalubalen wayar da kan jama'a game da opiate da jarabar opioid. Ya ba da gudummawar kudaden da ake samu daga fada ga wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke da nufin kawar da shaye-shayen miyagun kwayoyi a tsakanin matasa kuma yana gudanar da wani asibitin dambe na mako-mako kyauta a tsibirin Staten ga duk wani mazaunin gundumar da ke fama da matsalar shan muggan kwayoyi..

“Na yi amfani da rayuwata gabaɗaya don yaƙi-don mutanen da nake ƙauna, saboda dalilai na yi imani da su, kuma ga kasar nan,” in ji Melson. “Ina so in wakilci waɗanda ke zaune a tsibirin Staten da kuma Kudancin Brooklyn domin zan iya zama Gwarzon su kuma in tabbatar da muryoyinsu., bukatun, kuma ana jin damuwa a ko'ina cikin zauren majalisar.”

Melson, wanda aka gauraye da Louisiana Creole da Bayahude, ɗan ƙasar New York ne wanda ya shafe yawancin ƙuruciyarsa a Kudancin Brooklyn da Staten Island. Bayan kammala Sakandare, ya samu ganawa a U.S. Kwalejin Soja a West Point, bin tafarkin iyalansa domin yiwa kasarsa hidima. Yayin da yake a West Point, An gane Melson da sauri a matsayin ƙwararren mawallafi kuma ya tattara nasarori da yawa, ciki har da nasarar da ya samu a gasar damben boksin ta kasa.

“Gwagwarmayar da mutane da yawa a nan New York, a wannan gundumar, kuma a duk fadin kasar na fuskantar kowace rana abin takaici ne,” in ji Melson. Na fahimci kalubale da shingen mutanen da ke fuskantar jarabar miyagun ƙwayoyi kuma ina so in yi duk abin da zan iya don taimaka musu.. Ƙaddamar da aikin tabbatar da doka a ɓangaren mafita, amma da kanta, ba shine mafita ba. Muna bukatar mu magance wannan batu ta hanyar taimakon mutane da ba su abubuwan da suke bukata don samun lafiya.”

Melson ya shigar da takarda don tsayawa takarar Majalisa a watan Afrilu. Tsawon makonni huɗu daga Mayu zuwa Yuni bayan shigar da Melson, ya tafi kan odar Active Duty yana aiki a Fort Huachuca a Arizona. Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya taso fiye da $50,000 a kashi na biyu na shekara.

Don ƙarin bayani kan yaƙin neman zaɓe, ziyarci : www.boydmelson.com