MINISTARIAL NOMINEE : AKEREDOLU DRUMS TOTAL SUPPORT
The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN has noted that the choice of Senator Tayo Alasoadura as minister nominee and member of the Federal Executive Council take the full grace of all stakeholders in All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state.
The statement becomes pertinent according to a release signed by thehe Chief press secretary to the governor,Segun Ajiboye on the purported position taken by a faceless group by the name APC Solidarity Stakeholders, against the nomination of the Akure born senator of the eighth National Assembly.
According to the release, "For emphasis, the so-called group is not just faceless. It is a divisive aberation unknown to all legitimate organs of the All Progressives Congress (APC). To say the least, the group merely exits in the allucitating minds of a few individuals who have surrendered themselves to ignoble self-abnegation.
"Mr. Governor considers the call for the withdrawal of Alasoadura's nomination as a contrived distraction which stands logic in the head. For the records, Alasoadura, who served meritoriously as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is one of the few enviable brains behind the Petroleum Industry and Governance Bill (PIGB) which currently awaits Presidential Assent.
As a Chartered Accountant of over thirty years experience who doubled as chairman of the Finance Commissioners' Forum for six years while he served as Finance Commissioner in Ondo State, Mr. Governor believes strongly that not only APC, but the entire citizenry in the State will derive maximum benefit from his stay at the Federal Executive Council. There could not have been a better ministerial nominee from the APC in Ondo State than Alasoadura at the moment".
While the governor therefore, describes the argument that Alasoadura worked against the APC in the last elections as baseless. He dismisses such as a paradox that the Ministerial nominee was rather, a victim of conspiracy on the part of those who wanted everything to go their own way in the APC. This was in spite of the fact that Alasoadura was fielded unopposed through an automatic ticket, by the National leadership of the party as senatorial candidate in the last election.
The governor reiterating his support for Alasoadura as well as calling on the Distinguished Senate of the Federal Republic to ignore any malicious opposition to his nomination, Governor Akeredolu expresses satisfaction that all stakeholders, including the Ondo State House of Assembly consider the nominee as a worthy party leader who has demonstrated immense hardwork, dedication and loyalty to the APC I the state and nation at large.
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