Gubernatorial candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Ogun State, Oluseyi Olufade, has appealed to the youths of Ogun State to vote him as the next Governor, adding that he remains the best man for the position come May 2019.
Speaking with youth groups recently in Ilaro Community during his campaign tour across the state, he argued that in order to change the system the state need youths adding,” Ogun West Narrative is just a good coincidence, as I am for merit and my position on democratic elections is that the best man should be voted in to do the job”.
The thirty-nine–years-old opined further that “What Ogun State needs now is a young, dynamic, innovative, capable, competent and technology, savvy Governor. We need to move away from recycling or repeating people who are obviously extensions of some godfather somewhere. As for me, God is my ultimate father. I belong to everybody and belong to nobody ”
On the quest for the people of the Ogun west to produce the next governor, he argued that if after 42years it is now time for the area to produce the governor,” it is only normal we should put our best foot forward. This is not a time to recycle people if it is about the experience I have a decade of well rounded international, national and sub-national experience in governance and public administration.”
According to him, having gone around the state in the process of consultation, he observed that, “the consistent sentiment is that people want change, they want a better life. They want a government that will give them a better life. The pathetic scenarios from Iperu to Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu-Ife, Ibafo, Magboro, Lambe, Ota, Owode, Joga, Ilara, Ibara, Obantoko, Lafenwa…The situation has been the same, people are really suffering”
Responding to the questions posed by the crowd on his plan for the youths he declared, “empowerment, training, bursary or education for students should be auto-run. It should work like clock without the youths having to beg for it or protest for it.
I will ensure all outstanding bursary issues are resolved within our first six months.”
To arrest the declining standard of education in the state he promised, “Properly funded Education, Researches and Sustainable human capital development are some of our priorities.”
Said he, “I believe that the current government has done fairly well in terms of infrastructural development on the state capital, which is commendable but there can be Cost Better Analysis (CBA) in many instances.”
Olufade who anchored his administration’s goal on three goals said governance should be continuum adding, ‘Oluseyi Gavriel Olufade (OGO) remains the best man to improve on what the previous government had done and also initiate other development projects at all levels. I will sincerely prioritize the greater welfare of Ogun people”.
