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Says he is the most qualified for APC ticket
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Pushes for consensus
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant for the November 16 gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Engineer Ifedayo Oyedele has declared that he is not scared of the presence of the Governor of the State, Mr Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa or any other aspirant in the race for the party’s ticket.
The APC primary to elect the governorship candidate of the party for the governorship election in November this year has been slated for April 20.
Among those in the race for the APC ticket are Governor Ayedatiwa, Barrister Olusola Oke, Barrister Duerimini Isaac Kekemeke Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, Oyedele and many others.
However, Oyedele, an Engineer by profession, made it clear that he is the most qualified for the APC governorship ticket in terms of experience, achievement and contributions to the party and as such he is not scared of anybody.
The governorship aspirant, who has lots of experience from both the public and private sectors, equally made case for the adoption of consensus option in the choice of the governorship flag bearer of the ruling party.
He expressed the firm optimism that with the adoption of consensus option for the exercise, there will be less rancour acrimony at the end of the exercise.
According to Engr Oyedele, ”
There is a Yoruba song that says, “gbogbo igi lo n be n’igbo, ka to fi iroko joba” (there are different types of trees in the bush before the iroko tree was made king). In the animal kingdom, the lion is the leader. Have you ever seen where the lion threatened by even the size of the elephant? No I am not threatened by them.
“When you look at my achievements, when you look at my pedigree, when you look at my experience and where i have worked, you will ask yourself, where have all of these people worked before? What experience do they have?
“What is their vision? Their vision is to become the governor. Though, some of them are experienced, but when you do a comparative analysis, the difference is very clear and enough.
“So, how can I be threatened by them?
“It is not just by happenstance that I was awarded Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers; Fellow of the Society of Nigerian Electrical Engineers, Fellow of the Society of Power Engineering, and Fellow of the Academy of the Engineering.
“For you to be a Fellow of Academy of Engineering, there are criteria; you must have written papers, attained certain level academically. You look at people who are in that genre, and then you will know that it is not tea-party. So I am not threatened by anyone”, he maintained.
Engr Oyedele disclosed that if he secures the governorship ticket of APC and wins the November governorship election in Ondo State, the priorities of his administration will be in the areas of security and safety of the people, education, attracting investment opportunities, infrastructural development and effective communication system among others.
His words, “So it is the primary duty of a governor to ensure the safety and wellbeing of his people and that s why I am contesting.I can ensure that in the first six months.
“Ondo state can have three digits communication facilities.
“I can also encourage the citizens to believe in the security apparatus, so that they become part of the security architecture of the state.That will not take me a hundred days to do”, he said confidently.
