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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, leading the All Progressives Congress National Campaign Council for the upcoming Ondo governorship election, has pledged a decisive win for the party.
Speaking at the council’s inauguration in Akure on Tuesday, Sanwo-Olu assured APC leadership that “his team would secure nothing less than 80% of the votes in the November 16 poll.”
Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, called on party members and leaders to work collectively to ensure victory for APC’s candidate, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
The governor also expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu and the APC leadership for entrusting him with the role, promising to lead a professional, constitutionally grounded campaign.
He emphasised, “The campaign would focus on issues rather than sentiment, highlighting Governor Aiyedatiwa’s achievements over the past 305 days in office.
“On behalf of my entire team, most of whom are here today, we want to assure our party and everybody that we will do everything within our means; constitutionally and professionally to ensure that a free, fair, highly competitive election and campaign about issues is what we will be doing.
“It will not be a campaign on sentiment and abuse but on issues because Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has made our life a lot easier. We can boldly come out for Governor Aiyedatiwa because he has made us proud within his 305 days period as a governor of the state.
“We will go out with our full chest to campaign for him. We will not disappoint the party and the people of the state. We will win with nothing less than 80 per cent of the total votes.”
In his address, APC National Chairman Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje expressed confidence that the ruling party in Ondo State would win the governorship election with a wide margin in a free and fair contest.
Ganduje, while inaugurating the Sanwo-Olu-led 305-member council, urged them to “swing into action and build a strong synergy with the state and local campaign councils for APC to be victorious in the next month’s gubernatorial poll.”
“We are here to create an enabling environment so that the election will be free and fair. And the election will be victorious for our party. We must support him (Governor Aiyedatiwa) so that he will continue to provide good governance for the state. He is a lucky man, and he will continue to be lucky,” Ganduje said.
Speaking earlier, Governor Aiyedatiwa said he deserved to be reelected based on performance, noting that within the last 10 months in office, he had focused on infrastructural development, public utility renewal, boosting agricultural production, entrepreneurship, youth development, job creation, and security.
He said, “We are filled with hope and determination as we look forward to the election of 16th of November, 2024, with so much enthusiasm. For us, it is an election that promises to be a defining moment for our great Party, Ondo State, and Nigeria at large.
“What we are doing here today is a display of the strength of our will when we work together. It is the evidence of our capability which by God’s grace will produce victory on 16th November 2024.
“I believe government is about the people. We are resolute and committed to that faith. We have worked hard for the heart of the people. We are talking to them house to house, door to door and mouth to ear. Above all, we are committed to a peaceful and credible election, where votes count.”
