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The Osun State Finance Commissioner, Bola Oyebamiji, yesterday joined different 28 aspirants vying for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket.
Also, the senator representing Osun East Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) within the National Assembly, Babajide Omoworare, has joined the governorship race in Osun State.
The NANreviews that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fastened September 22 for the governorship ballot within the state.
Elders in Ikire and Apomu in Osun West Senatorial District, who procured intention type for Oyebamiji, stated it was the flip of the district to provide the subsequent governor of the state.
Falana Muritala, the Aare of Ikire, who led different elders to the party’s secretariat in Osogbo, the state capital, described Oyebamiji as a man of integrity.
Muritala stated the residents had been vigorously rooting for him, with willpower to help him to victory.
He added: “We by no means knowledgeable him earlier than taking this step, simply as in 1999, when Chief Bisi Akande by no means had the intention of contesting however his neighborhood pushed for him and gave him the wanted help.
“We would solely implore the individuals of Osun to help Oyebamiji. He is the one one who completely matches into the shoe that might be left behind by the incumbent governor.
“He is a technocrat and an honest man. For the whole community to have done this for him, it means he is loved by all.”
Omoworare visited the party’s secretariat yesterday in Osogbo, the state capital, with 1000's of his supporters the place he declared his intention to run for the governorship seat.
The senator reeled out his programmes and insurance policies to take the state to the subsequent degree.
He stated: “We should admire the infrastructural basis laid by the outgoing administration. We should enhance on it and maximise identical to develop the economic system.
“Small and medium scale enterprises, cottage industries, technological hubs, farm settlements and a host of other initiatives to create employment, wealth and economic prosperity for the people will be given priority.”