A governorship aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Nat Adojutelegan, has said he is confident of winning the primaries on July 20.
Adojutelegan, who is from the same senatorial district as Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said he was never part of the opposition group called the Unity Forum and never joined Akeredolu’s administration.
Adojutelegan, a lawyer, said his decision to contest the APC ticket was because of his love for the people and the party.
He said he would never criticise the performance of Akeredolu on the pages of newspapers, but would change the narrative positively.
The aspirant said: “The people are suffering. They are yearning for relief. They need to educate their children. They need good roads.
They need electricity in the south senatorial district. They want to be employed. They need an enabling business environment where they can thrive and prosper.
“The general perception across the state is that as a founding member of the party in the state, I am the best alternative to the governor in the party, considering my strong commitments to the party and the progressive ideals, my international exposure and the realistic objectives that I proffer to make the state great.”
“Ondo State is endowed with many human and natural resources that it amazes me that with these resources, we still have a state where people are experiencing hunger.
“I must add that although I never contested governorship elections personally, I was involved in the 2012 governorship election when I offered strong support to Arakunrin Akeredolu, then on the platform of the defunct ACN.
I was a member of the party’s Finance Committee. I purchased two buses to support Governor Akeredolu and made other substantial financial contributions for the party during the 2012 election.
“My mission in politics is to instigate social change through political means and bring about socio-economic and infrastructural development through governmental instruments.
Initially, I wanted to use the legislative platform to provide good representation to the people, champion good causes and initiate bills that will bring about human and societal development.
I was unable to do that because I came third in the 2014 primary election out five contestants and the 2018 primary election was aborted when our party decided to return the serving senators in our state.”
