Ahead of the November 26, Governorship
election in Ondo state, The All progressive Congress has (APC) yesterday
inaugurated a 49-man team to execute its
governorship campaign in Ondo State.
The campaign council which is tagged “The
Ondo State 2016 Governorship Election National Campaign Council” is headed by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau
State, and has Senator Tayo Alasoadura as Secretary.
Other Members of the campaign council
include governors of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Lagos, Kano, Kebbi, Bauchi, and Sokoto as
well as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun.
The nine ministers on the team include Dr
Kayode Fayemi (Mines and Steel), Prof. Claudius Daramola (state, Niger Delta),
Mr Babatunde Fashola (Works, Power and Housing), Pastor Usani U. Usani (Niger
Delta), Prof. Isaac Adewole (Health), Barrister Adebayo Shittu (Communication),
Mrs Kemi Adeosun (Finance), Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Information, Culture and
Tourism), and Dr Chris Ngige (Labour and Productivity).
Other members on the Campaign Team are the APC Deputy National
Chairman (South), Engr. Segun Oni, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, Senator Robert
Boroffice, Senator Olorunmbe Mamora, Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, Otunba Niyi
Adebayo, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Isaac Kekemeke (state APC Chairman),
Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu (governorship candidate), Alhaji Ali Olanusi
(ex-deputy governor), Hadiza Bala Usman, and retired colonel Hameed Ali among
others.
Inaugurating the Campaign Council, the APC
National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said the election would be a tough
and difficult contest because of what he described as “special circumstances”,
but voiced optimism that the party would win.
Odigie-Oyegun also expressed hope that the
“strong team would unite the warring parties, deliver Ondo State from the PDP
bondages and take them to the progressive party like the APC.”
Akeredolu, who is the governorship
candidate, on his part admitted that the
party was facing a big challenge, but hoped that the team would bring unity
into the party.
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