The Nationwide Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Isaacs Kekemeke, on Tuesday, declared his intention to affix the Ondo State governorship race on the platform of the ruling get together.
He made the declaration a number of days earlier than the get together’s major slated for April 20, 2024.
No fewer than 15 chieftains of the get together are aspiring to get the ticket of the get together on the major.
Kekemeke, who additionally aspired to be the governor of the state within the 2020 governorship election however misplaced the ticket of the get together to the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, mentioned he was higher outfitted for the governorship race than he was 4 years in the past.
Making the declaration on the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Centre, Akure, Kekemeke mentioned, he had sufficient expertise to allow him to guide the state to a spot of socio-economic prosperity and peace.
In keeping with him, his ambition to turn out to be the state governor shouldn’t be born out of trivial and momentary impulse however out of his conviction that by way of him, a greater and better state is feasible.
He mentioned, “Within the full circle of the final major election, although we misplaced the first, we fully gained the guts of the individuals of Ondo State, however there is no such thing as a iota of doubt that we’re even higher outfitted than we have been 4 years in the past.
“As we speak, greater than ever, our expensive state is in dire want of skilled management, the state is politically challenged and is incessantly within the information for the unsuitable causes, the ship of the state faces a tricky whirlwind and wishes an skilled captain totally schooled in get together administration and governance.
“Ondo State wants a management that sufficiently understands the philosophy of the current Federal Authorities of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and its Renewed Hope programme for efficient partnership and collaboration.
“As a state, we will now not afford to amuse ourselves with naked pettiness, low sentiments, and prejudices which have rudely arrested our progress and improvement. We want a management for the state, a management not just for a phase of the state however for the entire state. We don’t want a roadside governor.”
Kekemeke highlighted his imaginative and prescient and mission for the state to incorporate making a peaceable and affluent state the place residents might work and dwell comfortably and utilizing info science and know-how to help authorities income and create wealth.
“I provide myself as a person examined and ready to tackle this onerous activity of steering the affairs of our state as governor, my antecedents and pedigree really useful me, my service to the state previously and even now’s my testimony as a result of I’ve not allow you to down”, he mentioned.
The get together’s aspirants embody Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa, a former Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa, a former member of the Home of Representatives, Mr Mayowa Akinfolarin: a former Particular Adviser to Governor Akeredolu on Well being, Prof Francis Faduyile; and a former governorship aspirant of the APC, Chief Olusola Oke.
Others are a former chairman of the Ondo State Oil-producing Areas Improvement Fee, Mr Gbenga Edema; Senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim and Brig. Gen. Olamide Ohunyeye (retd.).
