The renowned business tycoon and administrator, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye popularly known as OBA has finally joined the governorship race in Ondo State ahead of the 2020 elections.
Addressing party stakeholders in his country home, Okitipupa, Ondo State, on Friday, 19th April, 2019, Akingboye informed his constituents that he is ready to serve and liberate the good people of Ondo state.
Akingboye who contested for the governorship seat in 2007, explained that he took the decision to run again in order to rescue the state from its current shambles even as he noted that some well meaning sons and daughters of the state have also encouraged him to do so, having discovered his skills and rare qualities required of a leader that Ondo state needs.
He said ” I have come to offer myself to serve you again as governor. It is time to give voice to the voiceless, restore hope to the hopeless and provide for the needy via transformational leadership.”
“Our people mustn’t continue in this suffering. Ondo should be the richest state in Nigeria because of the huge natural resources in it. We have crude oil, have the largest Bitumen deposit in the world, yet we find it difficult to tap it. We have the longest coast line in West Africa, it is about 180km but have refused to harnesses its potentials.
“Ondo state has more resources than any other states in Nigeria, and our Internally generated revenue is supposed to be higher than that of Lagos if a round peg is put into a round hole and this can only be achieved by a successful entrepreneur like me”. He said
While enlisting their maximum support, Akingboye recalled how his political adventure began in 2004 due to his passion for human liberation and community development and ever since then, he had remained consistent and committed.
Akingboye promised that if elected, Ondo State will become industrialized that it would be most attractive to investors.
He informed the people that he had begun full consultation among stakeholders in the state and would continue in order to ensure that the gospel is maximally conveyed
