LG Poll: Emulate Makinde’s Approach to Governance When Elected –Baale Olonde, Others Endorse Akeem Olatunji
As part of the ongoing ward to ward election campaign in Oluyole local government ahead of the coming council poll, four of the ten wards; 1, 5, 8 and 10, visited by the chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (Akeem Olatunji) have urged him to emulate governor Seyi Makinde and his approach to governance if elected.
This was as Olonde Village in Ward 8 particularly appealed to Olatunji to prioritize grassroots development by adopting Makinde’s economic expansion template for accelerated growth in the area.
The traditional leader of Olonde community, Baale Olonde, Chief Asimiyu Makinde Erinjoguola, made the appeal on behalf of residents of the area during the week while playing host to Olatunji’s campaign train in his palace.
As part of the ongoing grassroots tour, Olatunji who was accompanied by Oluyole Vice Chairmanship Candidate, Hon Adeniyi Akorede, led PDP leaders and stalwarts to Wards 10, 8, 5, and 1 throughout the week to solicit support for his electoral success ahead of the April 27 LG election.
Speaking, Chief Erinjoguola commended Makinde for providing the needed leadership and good governance in the state and urged Olatunji to emulate the governor and replicate his economic and infrastructural plan at the grassroots.
He equally lauded Olatunji for exhibiting what he described as the real Yoruba ‘omoluabi’ ethos by leading his campaign team and party members to his palace to garner support assuring that the coast was already clear for Olatunji’s electoral victory come April.
The Olonde community head, who disclosed that he was earlier in a meeting with other notable stakeholders within the local government where Olatunji was highly talked about in terms of acceptability and support assured that the entire Olonde community is solidly behind the PDP candidate.
“Seyi Makinde has done well and still doing very well for the whole of Oyo state, I want you to emulate our governor and replicate what he’s doing in the state in Oluyole.
” I was in a meeting of other traditional leaders earlier before you arrived and everyone at the meeting spoke very well about you, they made it clear to me that look Baale, ‘Akeem Olatunji ni awa n baalo o’ (Baale, it is Akeem Olatunji we’re going along with) and I have also endorsed you as our candidate in Olonde.” Baale Erinjoguola said.
While narrating some of the challenges of the area, Baale Erinjoguola urged Olatunji to prioritize infrastructural development in the community to make life more meaningful for his people who are largely farmers, traders and artisans.
He prayed for Olatunji’s electoral success at the April 27 Local government poll promising to give his full support. In his words: “We have had special prayers as traditional worshipers and we have the assurances that the coast is clear for you, you shall win this coming election and nobody can stop you.”
Akeem Olatunjil, who maintained across all the four Wards visited stated that Seyi Makinde has become a political project in the history of Oyo state whose legacies have become obligatory on all lovers of good governance to sustain and protect jealously.
While assuring the people of the local government of an open door approach that engenders inclusivity, Olatunji declared that Oluyole is determined to stand solidly behind whoever Governor Makinde anoints as his successor come 2027.
Olatunji, who equally joked about 2027 governorship election tagged Makinde’s prospective successor as “Project Makinde 27” stressing that the governor has successfully engineered everything successive governors would need to succeed and as such, Oluyole would never be part of anything not endorsed by the governor.
The former Publicity Secretary of PDP in Oyo state expresses deep appreciation to party leaders and non partisan political stakeholders who have continued to show him tremendous support ahead of the coming LG election while promising to be guided by Makinde’s four cardinal pillars upon which Omituntun 1.0 and 2.0 were built respectively.
Present at the campaign tour are Oluyole PDP Chairman, Alh Mukaila Adegbola, Oluyole PDP Vice Chairmanship Candidate, Hon Adeniyi Akorede, former Commissioner for Education and Chairman of Education Trust Fund in Oyo State, Barrister Abdul-Raheem Abdul-Rahmon Abiodun, incumbent LG vice chairman and secretary, Hon Tunde Ayoade and Azeez Babalola, Mogaji Akeem Olasupo Ayelagbe, Hon Olumide Akinlade (SA on Oluyole federal constituency to Governor Makinde), DG Campaign, Architect Salaam Azeez, PMS State Treasurer, Comrade Kamoru Idowu ‘Owo Geesi’, PMS Okada Riders State Chairman, Comrade Saheed Akande ‘Omo Owo’, and others.
