A Civil Society organisation, The Osun Masterminds (TOM), has said anybody who will lead the state must be one with strong mental alertness, high capacity for fiscal management, and a strong capacity to deliver success despite serious limitations of resources.
The Executive Director, Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli, while addressing reports yesterday, maintained that Osun is in a critical time and needs a visionary leader.
He said: “We advise the people to pay attention to the record of each of the candidates presenting themselves for election. Osun is at a time in her history when we cannot afford to gamble with leadership. We cannot afford to hand the state over to charlatans at this critical period.
“Citizens must therefore interrogate the plans and programmes of each of the candidates, and decide the best person in whose hands they feel the state will be safest. It is not a time for irrelevant emotions; it is a time for deep reflection and rejection of any candidate that lacks the understanding of the issues at hand and the best way to manage them.
“We are aware of the narratives by supporters of some of the candidates. Understanding the incompetence of their candidates, these supporters are spinning the narrative that if they win, they will ensure that they constitute cabinets made of accomplished individuals to run government. This is not only dangerous for our state presently as leadership demands a top-bottom approach, it is also dangerous for the future of the state as it sets a bad precedence for quality of leadership.
“We must vote for candidates with proven capacity first, who can provide visionary leadership and then ensure they bring on board equally capable members of cabinet when they eventually get into office. We cannot afford to vacate the need for high mental capacity in the person who would head the government.” Continue Reading
