By Ade Adeloye, Ibadan
The governorship candidate of Social Democrat Party ,SDP , Otunba Bamidele Akingboye (a.k.a OBA ) , has said that Nigerians would not have been in economics hardship today if President Bola Tinubu had purchased and installed mini refinery before he announced removal of subsidy from petroleum.
Otunba Akingboye who is also an petroleum Marchant said he had known President Tinubu for about 20 year ago declared that “Although Tinubu inherited bad economy from previous government, it was stated that the immediate past government had collected money of our crude oil in advance payable for the next ten year before he left.
“Also, the fuel subsidy was removed by President Muhammodu Buhari before he left but President Tinubu announced it the he was swore-in . With 300 million dollar Asiwaju Tinubu could had purchased six mini refinery, installed one each in our six geo-political , we would not have met ourselves in this economy crisis because the fuel from those refinery would have been able to supply the country efficiently.
“We ,from my company wrote two proposal submitted same the presidency on how to manage the petroleum and economy situation of the country, but as I am talking to you now , the aids of Mr. President did not allow our proposal to see the light of the day. ”
Otunba Akingboye who made this declaration in Ibadan at a press briefing said God had ordained him to win the governorship election coming up in Ondo state on November 16, 2024.
Apart from this , Otunba Akingboye stated that Ondo people are tired of governments of both the All Progressive Party , APC, and People Democrat Party, PDP, .
The SDP governorship who said he had been in the state’s politics in past 24 years noted that the past governments in the state had wasted more than eighty percent of the state’s resources on wide elephants projects that are not beneficiary to the people of the state.
Otunba Akingboye dismissed the insinuation that the governorship candidates of the APC ,Chief Lucky Ayedatiwa and the PDP candidate Chief Agboola Ajayi will not allow him to achieve his aim because of their popularity by saying ” I am more popular than the two of them . Also , I am more grassroot politician than the two of them .
“Apart from these ,the two of them are deputies to thier respectful bosses , so somebody who was a deputy governor cannot march the intelligence of me that have been governorship candidates before and now .
” I am waiting for the opportunity from you media practitioners to invite on debate I will defeat all of them . The cannot withstand me in any form.
” Ayedatiwa in his 8 month of governance in Ondo had received two hundred billion , what has he done with the money ? He wasted it. He has been so Lucky but failed to utilize the opportunity he had.
“Apart from this, I am from Ondo south , a native of Igodanlisa and my came from Ondo North, in Owo , . We have four loca government that always work together, especially in politics, they are ,Okitipupa,where I come from, Ile Oluji, Ode Irele .And Akure not happy about not having a governorship candidate in present political set up.”
Otunba Akingboye mentioned the ten cardinal programs which include,security, infrastructure ,power , Jobs and wealth creation Agriculture, Tourism Education, Research and Development, and Technology was accomplished at the press briefing by his Director of mobilization and campaign coordinator , Dr. Sola Agboola, the junior brother to the late Ondo state governor ,Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, Mr. Femi Akeredolu among others .