A former Attorney-General in Oyo State, Adebayo Shittu, has said he
will challenge Governor Abiola Ajimobi for the governorship ticket of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2015.
Mr. Shittu said in Ibadan on recntly that he was the most qualified of all aspirants warming up for the seat.
Mr. Shittu said in Ibadan on recntly that he was the most qualified of all aspirants warming up for the seat.
“I am the most qualified among the aspirants on ground now in terms of
political experience. I have been actively involved in politics since
1979,” he said.
The former governorship candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, during the 2011 election in the state, described the APC as the party to beat in 2015.
Mr. Shittu commended Mr. Ajimobi on his tremendous achievements in infrastructure, environmental sanitation and beautification, but advised him to improve on capacity building, job creation and empowerment. He urged the governor to also make education accessible to the people, adding that he should declare education free at primary and secondary level.
“In a supposedly progressive state like Oyo, one would expect education to be free.
“It is good to build bridges and roads, but the priority should be on building human beings and their capabilities,” he said.
He also urged the state government to improve on its youth empowerment scheme, adding that the involvement of public/private partnership would go a long way to achieve good result.
Mr. Shittu acknowledged that the Mokola flyover built by government was a laudable project considering the benefits it would offer, but maintained that the N2.9 billion expended on it was high.
He also called on university lecturers to suspend their strike in the interest of the students, saying the future of the nation depended solely on them.
The former governorship candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, during the 2011 election in the state, described the APC as the party to beat in 2015.
Mr. Shittu commended Mr. Ajimobi on his tremendous achievements in infrastructure, environmental sanitation and beautification, but advised him to improve on capacity building, job creation and empowerment. He urged the governor to also make education accessible to the people, adding that he should declare education free at primary and secondary level.
“In a supposedly progressive state like Oyo, one would expect education to be free.
“It is good to build bridges and roads, but the priority should be on building human beings and their capabilities,” he said.
He also urged the state government to improve on its youth empowerment scheme, adding that the involvement of public/private partnership would go a long way to achieve good result.
Mr. Shittu acknowledged that the Mokola flyover built by government was a laudable project considering the benefits it would offer, but maintained that the N2.9 billion expended on it was high.
He also called on university lecturers to suspend their strike in the interest of the students, saying the future of the nation depended solely on them.
