- The youth arm of the PDP said the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has the potentials to lead Osun state to a promised land
- The youth said they need a man of vision for the state to develop and to ensure that the labour of heroes past do not go in vain
- The co-ordinator of the group, Kayode Olaiya said the state needs an experienced and faithful politician like Fani-Kayode to attain a lofty height
The youth arm of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode to contest the Osun state forthcoming governorship election.
Daily Independent reports that the party chieftain under the aegis of Osun PDP progressive forum said Fani-Kayode has the potentials to lead the state to a promised land.
The co-ordinator of the group, Kayode Olaiya said the state needs an experienced and faithful politician like Fani-Kayode to attain a lofty height.
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Olaiya said the misdeeds of the present administration in the state under the leadership of Governor Rauf Aregbesola could be corrected if a man like Fani-Kayode succeeded him.
According to him, the state needs a vibrant, courageous and exposed person like Fani-Kayode to ensure its overall development, saying that ''We need a man of vision for this state to develop and to ensure that the labour of heroes past do not go in vain.
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''Chief Fani-Kayode has the potentials to lead the state and his welfarist programmes will be of immense benefits to the state.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Independent national electoral commission fixed dates for the governorship elections which will come up in Osun and Ekiti states respectively in the year 2018.
According to INEC, the Ekiti state governorship election will hold on July 14, 2018, while Osun state governorship election will hold September 22, 2018.
The electoral body further stated that commencement date of campaigns for Ekiti governorship election is April 15, 2018, and that of Osun state is June 24, 2018.
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Source: Naija.ng