A governorship aspirant on the platform of Citizens Popular Party ( CPP) in Ondo state, Prince Oyeleye Fasua has identified bad leadership as bane of
development in the state saying, past leaders have failed to explore the wealth and mineral deposit in the state to turn around the state positively.
Fasua who stated this in Akure, Ondo state capital during his public declaration to contest in the forthcoming governorship election in the state described the various problems faced by Nigerian youths as resultant effect of bad leadership which his administration will correct if elected as the governor of the state
The CPP aspirant blamed the rampant youth unemployment in the country on enthronement of bad leadership, saying ” leadership is a necessary factor in every sphere of life, especially at the political level where decisions and actions affect the entire members of a nation.
“Ondo State is sitting on honey but past leaders have failed to tap this honey to develop the state, alleviate the suffering of the people, eradicate poverty in the land because Ondo state has no business with poverty.”
“My political vision and mission is not criticize any government but to turn the state around positively and to let the people of the state feel the impact of a professional in politics by witnessing a new era of development in the state.”
Speaking during the declaration, the Nation Chairman of the party, Sam Eke, assured the people of the state that all the policies of late Obafemi Awolowo which ranked the state among the best in the country would be revisited by the party.
Eke who stated that despite the state being an oil-producing state, there was nothing to show for it, assuring the people of the state that the CPP government would give priority to education and agriculture in the state.
He said ” without agriculture, we cannot move this state forward and since oil is gradually disappearing, our government will give priority to agriculture especially cocoa , while foreign and local investors will be encouraged”
He however called for a true federalism and restructuring of the nation’s economy noting that it will go a long way to revive the nation’s economy.
The chairman of the CPP in the state, Femi Ajibola, said that the party remained the best option for the people of the state in order to move forward.
Ajibola noted that the people of the country have beginning to be scared of the change phenomenon saying people are now looking towards progress rather than change.
He sai: “CPP is poised, by the actions and intentions of their political wills, to obviate the prevailing adversities of Ondo state’s age- long governing patterns, to the advantage of the greater majority of political class, in a manner that will give impetus to the strength and growth of democracy in Ondo state.
“A new and unique leader of government is the solution; for which reason, we are continually strengthening our fold in CPP, with available best leadership materials, until our desired goals are achieved and a new leader of the required pedigree emerges through our party CPP to govern our people with diligence.”