- The race for the Osun state governorship election is getting interesting by the day
- Political heavyweights in the state are joining the race to replace incumbent governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola
- One of such politicians is the current Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honorable Lasun Yusuf
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honorable Lasun Yusuf has declared his intention to contest in the September 22 governorship election in Osun state on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
Addressing a mammoth crowd of his supporters at the secretariat of the party in Osogbo on Thursday, June 7, Honourable Yusuf expressed optimism that the people of Osun are ready to vote for him as the next governor of the state.
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He reiterated the call for a free, fair and transparent primary election and appealed to the party leadership not to impose any aspirant as the candidate of the party so as to avoid unwarranted crisis in the party.
He also used the opportunity to debunk the insinuation that he was planning to dump the APC, stressing that he is a major stakeholder in the APC and that he would remain in the party to actualise his dream of becoming the next governor of the state.
His words: “I’m not just contesting in the forthcoming governorship election in the state, I have come to tell you that I’m the next governor of this state after Governor Rauf Aregbesola by the grace of God.
“If the primary election of our party is free, fair and transparent, I can assure you that I will win the ticket and the people of Osun state will vote for APC when the party presents me for the election in September.”
He commended Governor Aregbesola for the giant strides of his administration in the past seven and a half years and promised that he would consolidate on Aregbesola’s youth empowerment programme known as Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYE).
“When I become the governor of Osun, I will consolidate the OYES programme to reduce unemployment among the youths in the state. We will engage the youths particularly through agriculture.
“I’m one of the owners of biggest farms in Osun state today and I want our youths to develop interest in agriculture. I will deploy majority of the OYES cadets to farms. So, any youth that is not ready to go to farm may not need to come to us because I will also be going to farm myself,” he said.
The Chairman of Osun APC, Prince Gboyega Famodun while speaking at the event commended Honourable Yusuf for his contributions to the party and assured him that the candidate of the party for the election would be chosen under a very transparent process.
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Meanwhile, a chieftain of the APC in Osun state, Honourable Akindiya Amos who is from Olaoluwa local government area of Osun West Senatorial District has condemned the agitation by some individuals from his senatorial district insisting that they must produce the next governor of the state.
Akindiya, a serving commissioner in the Osun state House of Assembly Service Commission, said the argument does not hold water as power rotation is alien to the APC constitution.
He made this assertion while fielding questions from journalists on the preparation of the APC ahead of the September 22 gubernatorial election coming up this year.
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Source: Naija.ng
