2023: Gov. Abiodun pledges Ogun people’s support for Osinbajo
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Tuesday, declared the state’s support for the presidential ambition of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Mr Abiodun said that this would enable him to continue with some of the projects embarked upon by the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The governor made the pledge at a stakeholders’ meeting at the Akarigbo Palace in Sagamu, where he said Mr Osinbajo had in the last seven years, contributed to many successes recorded by the federal government.
The stakeholders’ meeting continued at the Alake’s Palace in Abeokuta, the Presidential Lodge, Ibara, Abeokuta, as well as the Palace of Olu of Ilaro the Paramount ruler of Yewaland.
“We have no doubt that you will do well as the president and we will support you,” Mr Abiodun said.
In his remarks, the vice president said he was not in the state to campaign, but to inform his people of his intention to run for the office of the president.
Osinbajo said he had consulted widely across all sections of the society, including with president Buhari before he decided to succeed his boss.
He said his working with Mr Buhari had exposed him to governance at the highest level and placed him in a position to tackle the country’s serious issues.
Commenting, the Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, said the vice president was competent with the required qualification to lead the nation.
(NAN)
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