By Samuel Ogude (Warri)
The Presidential candidate for 2023 general elections on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu said the people of Ondo state are champions oriented and progressive people just as he blasts Atiku as Mr Privatize and Obi, the stingy man. Bola Tinubu stated this while addressing a mammoth crowd at a rally at Democracy Park, Akure, the state capital.
In a press statement signed by Tinubu’s Media Office Personal, Tunde Rahman and made available to newsmen, it said the people of the state should live up to that billing by voting APC all the way in the forth-coming election. The statement said on the 25th February, the people would reckoned with as champions of progressive politics adding, that very day, represents for the nation as appointment with destiny.
Part of the statement reads:”On February 25, I know you will be a champion of progressive politics again. That date represents for the nation and for each and every one of us an appointment with destiny. We not only must make that appointment, we must emerge from the appointment fully dedicated to creating a more prosperous, safer, tolerant and dynamic society. But these things do not come by accident. These things are but some of the fruits that only progressive and democratic good governance can harvest. And that progressive governance can only be brought to you by someone who has governed in a progressive manner before.”
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On Atiku, Asíwájú Tinubu said, the PDP candidate could not have braveness and hard work necessary to build a better nation rather, he sold his birthright to the highest bidder and took the proceeds. He said:” He doesn’t want to do the brave and hard work required to build a better nation, instead, he would rather sell his birthright to the highest bidder and run off with the proceeds” He the PDP Presidential candidate cared little of his policies and actions saying, that made Nigerians poor.
On the Labour Party candidate, Tinubu said, Obi had a chance to show how progressive he could be when he was Governor of Anambra State but he did do it saying, all that he could say was that, he had money.
He also said, it is a heartless Governor that would hold back money when his people are not only hungry but schools, roads, clinics beg for repairs when the residents ought to experience growth and development adding, at the end of the day, the people would wallow in abject poverty.
He said:”All he (Obi) could do was boast that he saved money. But I tell you, it is a wicked parent that holds money in his hand yet allows his children to starve”.
Likewise, it is a heartless Governor who holds back money when people went hungry, schools, road and clinics went into disrepair. Neither the city-dweller nor farmer prospered under him”.
Tinubu said there is a difference between his leadership and that of Mr. Obi that time, adding, although Lagos is crowded and Anambra has ample space, more people left Obi’s Anambra seeking a better life in Tinubu’s Lagos than left Lagos, believing Obi had established a blueprint for growth in Anambra. He said, the people can no longer entrust their future and that of the nation’s in the hands of Mr. Sell everything or Mr. Stingy.
The statement said: ‘My people, you cannot entrust your future or that of our nation to Mr. Sell Everything Atiku or Mr. Stingy Obi. But you can trust Mr. Progressive Good Governance Tinubu.
On his agenda for Ondo State, Tinubu said the history of Ondo is one where industrious farmers had for years sowed prosperity through well-cultivated cocoa plantations and other agricultural exploits saying his agricultural policies would return the farmer back to his esteemed and essential place in society.
The statement said: ‘You have been the backbone of the economy and bedrock of the community. You will be honored as such.”
He re-stated that his government would re-establish commodity exchange boards to ensure farmers a guaranteed price for their yields saying, if given the mandate to lead this country, his administration would help the state to reap the full benefits of her bounteous resources.
According to him:” My agricultural plan also calls for the creation of agricultural hubs in the nation. You will be the direct beneficiary of this policy. These hubs will increase cultivation of now idle fertile land yet also promote agro-processing businesses that will produce many new jobs and put more money in the pockets of the average person and small farmer.
Our economic plan will make strategic investments in industry and infrastructure, giving our talented people the chance to make a good living while producing valuable goods that will improve on the quality of life for those who buy them”.
APC Presidential candidate said the people’s natural resources such as gas, Bitumen, granite and marble must be mined and turned into finished products all these to enhance prosperity, development and jobs for all”.
On his part, the Ondo State Governor, Akeredolu said the people of the state being progressives had resolved to totally back Asíwájú Tinubu, come February 25 this year.
Not left is Senator Iyiola Omisore. He thanked Governor Akeredolu and the people of the state for their demonstration of support for APC and Tinubu.
Other prominent persons in the rally include Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, former Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola,.APC National Secretary Senator, lyiola Omisore who represented National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, among others.