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By Dayo Johnson, Akure
Political elders successful Ondo State, nether the aegis of the Ondo Mandate Elders Forum, person declared that voting for immoderate different campaigner isolated from President Bola Tinubu successful the 2027 statesmanlike predetermination would resistance Nigeria backwards.
Rising from a gathering held astatine the residence of its leader, erstwhile Commissioner for Works, Chief Erastus Akeju, the radical urged Nigerians not to marque specified a mistake.
Addressing newsmen, the forum’s facilitator, Chief Ademola Ijabiyi, said President Tinubu remains unmatched by immoderate absorption campaigner up of the 2027 poll.
Ijabiyi dismissed speculation that Tinubu could beryllium defeated, stressing that “no superior alternate has emerged wrong the absorption ranks.”
According to him, “First of all, Tinubu volition win. That’s my answer. Which enactment is preparing for the presidency now? In Ondo State alone, we person much than 10 enactment groups already. Which different aspirant has thing anywhere? We don’t adjacent cognize them yet.”
He argued that Tinubu’s economical policies — substance subsidy removal, overseas speech unification, and taxation reforms — were bold steps that nary rival could credibly situation without taking the state backward.
“You can’t accidental we should spell backmost to subsidy regime. You can’t accidental that we should spell backmost to treble overseas exchange. Tinubu said helium would region subsidy, unify the overseas exchange, and bash taxation reforms — and helium is doing it. What are the others proposing? We don’t adjacent cognize them,” helium said.
Ijabiyi besides dismissed absorption leaders specified arsenic Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi arsenic “still quarreling without wide programmes oregon direction.” He ruled retired the anticipation of erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan’s return, citing law limits.
On Tinubu’s Independence Day speech, helium admitted that Nigerians were facing hardship but described it arsenic “temporary pains” of reform.
“There are ever pains accompanying surgery. What Tinubu has done to our system is aesculapian surgical. Without the removal of substance subsidy, without the revival of overseas exchange, we would person been successful a precise large mess. It is not casual astatine all, but they are impermanent pains,” helium said.
While noting that betterment had taken longer than expected, helium expressed optimism that ostentation and different economical pressures were gradually easing.
The forum pledged to mobilize implicit 1 cardinal votes from Ondo State for Tinubu’s re-election successful 2027.
Also speaking, the forum’s secretary, Hon. Ebenezer Alabi, explained that the radical was established to coordinate elder statesmen and leaders crossed Ondo successful delivering a stronger mandate for the President.
He said: “It’s an elders’ committee acceptable up to enactment hard successful Ondo State to spot to the re-election of our President. In the past election, Ondo State came archetypal successful presumption of percent of votes. This time, we are galvanizing elders crossed the authorities to instrumentality adjacent higher numbers for Mr. President.”
Alabi stressed that determination was nary part among Tinubu’s enactment groups successful the state, adding that grassroots mobilization, elector registration campaigns, and assemblage engagement would beryllium intensified up of 2027.
Prominent elders successful attendance included Chief Erastus Akeju (Chairman), Hon. Demola Ijabiyi (Facilitator), Hon. Ebenezer Alabi (Secretary), Senator Yele Omogunwa, Otunba Solomon Oladunni, Pastor Femi Agagu, Chief Mrs. Grace Animola, Chief Dr. Kola Ademujimi, Princess Dr. Adebunmi Osadahunsi, and respective others.
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