BEVERLY HILLS, September 18, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has declared that he would succeed Abiola Ajimobi as governor of Oyo State in 2019.
Shittu stated this on Monday during chat with journalists in Ibadan after a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Egbeda Local Government Area and Ajorosun Local Council Development Area of the state.
The Minister who has already declared his interest to contest in the Oyo gubernetorial Elections in 2019 insisted that he is the most experienced of all the aspirants, having held several public offices and learnt politics from late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
“I was a member of the state House of Assembly in 1979 and two-time Commissioner in the state. I have also contested the governorship seat in the state twice before I became a minister,” he stated.
“These are experiences you cannot buy. Oyo is advanced and sophisticated to be handled by inexperienced administrators.” he said.
The Minister also dismissed the ongoing re-alignment in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the party was a non-starter at the state and federal level.
He alleged that the negligence and incompetence of the PDP in handling the Boko Haram insurgency at inception was responsible for the present security challenges confronting the country.
“Boko Haram would have overrun the country if not for Buhari’s emergence.
“The Buhari administration on assumption of office had evolved several efficient and effective strategies at reducing the threat drastically,” he added.
Speaking on the call for restructuring, he said the APC was presently collating views of Nigerians so as to ensure the people chart a new course for the future.
He said the outcome would subsequently be presented to the National Assembly which he described as the only constitutionally recognised institution vested with powers to amend the Constitution.
