Two groups, Association of Ondo State
Progressive Businessmen (OSPB) and League of Self-Employed Graduates (LSEG),
have urged the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to choose
former Minister of Power, Dr. Olu Agunloye, as the party’s governorship
candidate for the October 20 governorship election.
A statement by their spokesmen, Adewale
Akintayo and Caleb Ololade, said since the ticket has been zoned to the
Northern Senatorial District, the party’s leadership should endorse Agunloye.
Akintayo said the former minister has
the best credentials and sound antecedents among other aspirants from the
senatorial district.
He noted that the party’s chances might
be hampered in the election, if its leadership picks the wrong candidate.
The groups said Agunloye’s
contributions to rebuilding the ACN into a winning party through his Omoluabi
Forum are noticeable.
They said: “Dr. Agunloye remains the
most credible of all the aspirants jostling for the ACN ticket and is quite
outstanding among the aspirants from the Northern Senatorial District.”
“Being a former minister and a former
Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Agunloye should be
picked as the party’s flag bearer by the ACN national leaders.”
“Since he joined the party last year,
he has been working for the development of ACN in the Sunshine State through
his Omoluabi Platform, which has been able to recruit over 200,000 members into
the party from the three senatorial districts in the state.”
“We can say it boldly that many PDP and
LP members have joined the ACN because of his antecedent and popularity.”
“Agunloye is the only aspirant who has
moved round all the 203 wards in all the 18 local government areas in the state
and has established operational offices in all the 18 local government areas
and in over one quarter of the 203 wards. He has convinced many people to
imbibe the Omoluabi (thoroughbred) virtues of HONOUR and INTERGRITY
in governance and to stand for the CHANGE
we can TRUST.”
Ololade added: “The former FRSC chief,
being a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party
(LP), will attract more defectors into ACN from those parties, if he is
eventually picked.”
The spokesmen said the former minister
is well equipped to unseat Governor Olusegun Mimiko, particularly because of
his grassroots mobilisation.
They warned that “any attempt to pick a
wrong candidate will spell doom for the party”.
Source: The Nation Newspaper 19 June,
2012.
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