The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) aspirant for Ibadan North federal constituency, Adebayo Aderogba has assured members of the party he will win the bye election forthcoming in Ibadan North federal constituency if chosen to be the face of the party.
The labour union leader cum politician made this assurance while featuring on Jamz 100.1 FM’s popular Yoruba political programme, Okodoro on Friday.
Recall that the seat of Ibadan North federal constituency became vacant two months ago in the house of representatives following the death of the former representative of the constituency late Olaide Akinremi.
Speaking on reason why he is more qualified for the position than other aspirants, he said ” God have being preparing me for this position because I am the most prepared for it when it comes to local, national and international exposure. In the area of education, I attended The Polytechnic Ibadan for my ND, Kwara Polytechnic for my HND, I also attended University of Ibadan for my masters in Industrial psychology and lastly I bagged PGD from University of Liverpool, in United kingdom.
“Permit me to add this , the mni in front of my name is as a result of a course of study and training I was exposed to at the National Institute of Policy and Strategy Studies courtesy of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Kuru, near Jos. It’s a yearly course of study that must be recommended and approved by the presidency for either Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC or Trade Union Congress,TUC so I used the slot of TUC. Former President Muhammadu Buhari recommended me for the study and it has tremendous positive impact on me. All these credentials, you will agree with me put me ahead of my co- aspirants because; the study took me to Delta, Bauchi, Tanzania, Geneva in Switzerland for International Labour Organization Training and I have equally been to the best labour center in the world which is Israel.”
Speaking on how he intends to win the election if he secured the ticket , he said “ Ibadan North local government houses many privilege institutions such as UI, The Polytechnic Ibadan, NTA, it is a cosmopolitan local government and any one that wants to represent it in the house of representatives must be dynamic and innovative, I am a proud son of the soil whose parents are doing well for the society and people have being using the name; Aderogba to win elections in Ibadan North so coming out to contest for this bye election will make it easier for our great party APC to win. From UCH, Agbowo, Samonda, Sabo, Bodija, Yemetu, Sango, Mokola, Oke Itunu and some other communities across ward 1 to ward12, I am a known face and a known name. We have done a lot for our people in the area job opportunities, payment of WAEC and NECO etc. The moment my party picked me as the flag bearer, APC will win the election because our people are with us.”
He added that if chosen as the flag bearer of the party he wil work on bill that will enable local government financial autonomy to compliment the vision of the president in seeing development at the local government level .
“If chosen as the flag bearer of the party in the forthcoming coming bye election, I will work on the passage of a bill that will enable local government financial autonomy to compliment the vision of president Tinubu in seeing development at the local government level.
“As the immediate past Deputy National President of the Union of Food Beverages and Tobbaco companies in Nigeria , I believe this will help me to continue to protect workers in both private and public sectors.”
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