The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday said he regretted working for the success of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2003 elections.
Amosun, while answering questions from journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital on Thursday, stated that he parted ways with Governor Gbenga Daniel’s administration after noticing that it had pushed the interest of the masses aside.
“As a PDP man in 2003, I thought the party would be able to initiate better programmes and policies to improve the lives of the people. But immediately I discovered that the PDP administration that took over was not working in tandem with the developmental policies and programmes, I was the first to cry out that the state was heading to the rocks.
“These cries have been justified with the five-month closure of the Ogun State House of Assembly, the high level of callousness exhibited in the non-payment of the N4bn deducted from pensioners, the poor infrastructure and pervasive decadence witnessed in the state in the last eight years,” he lamented.
He said, if elected, he would correct these wrongs and create 10,000 jobs in the first year of his administration. He also promised to devote 20 per cent of the state’s revenue on education, adding that he would ensure wealth creation through emphasis on agriculture, industrialisation and job creation.
Reacting to Amosun’s comments, Daniel’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Adegbenro Adebanjo, said the state had developed in all spheres of life since 2003.
“Are they not aware that Ogun State has the most functional free trade zone in the country, that has given employment to thousands in Igbesa? Are they not aware that unemployed graduates get employment benefits? Do they not ply the dualised Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway?”
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