The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, said on Monday he would succeed Abiola Ajimobi as governor of Oyo State in 2019.
Shittu stated this during chat with journalists in Ibadan after a meeting with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Egbeda Local Government Area and Ajorosun Local Council Development Area of the state.
The minister, who is a governorship aspirant in Oyo State, said he would take over from Ajimobi to improve on the good work already started by the governor.
Shittu said he is the most experienced of all the aspirants, having held several public offices and learnt politics from late Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
“I was a member of the state House of Assembly in 1979 and two-time Commissioner in the state. I have also contested the governorship seat in the state twice before I became a minister.
“These are experiences you cannot buy. Oyo is advanced and sophisticated to be handled by inexperienced administrators,’’ he said.
Shittu dismissed the ongoing re-alignment in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the party was a non-starter at the state and federal level.
He stated at least 38 road contractors had abandoned work across the country two years before President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office.
The minister said the development had contributed largely to unemployment as several workers, including labourers, bricklayers and iron benders were laid-off.
He alleged that the PDP administration’s negligence and incompetence in handling the Boko Haram at inception was responsible for the present security challenges confronting the country.
“Boko Haram would have overrun the country if not for Buhari’s emergence.
“The Buhari administration on assumption of office had evolved several efficient and effective strategies at reducing the threat drastically,’’ he added.
Speaking on the call for restructuring, he said the APC was presently collating views of Nigerians so as to ensure the people chart a new course for the future.
He said the outcome would subsequently be presented to the National Assembly.
The minister said the National Assembly was the only constitutionally recognised institution vested with powers to amend the Constitution.
NAN
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