The people of Ile Oluji community in Ile Oluji/ Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday, called on people of the state to support the governorship aspirations of the former Commissioner for Finance in the state, Mr Wale Akinterinwa, to bring the elusive dividends of democracy to the state in record time.
The people of the community, which include monarchs, senior citizens, youths and party Chieftains threw their weight behind Akinterinwa’s ambition after a town hall meeting and rally to express their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant.
Speaking, the Jegun of Ile-Oluji kingdom, Oba Oluwole Adetimehin, passed a vote of confidence on Akinterinwa commended the people of the town over their unanimous decision to support their son, Akinterinwa in his aspiration to move the state forward.
Also Speaking at the rally, Ademola Akinbobola, said the people of the community, after due diligence and analysis, they have decided to queue behind Akinterinwa on the account of his antecedent and his. popularity across the three senatorial districts of the state.
Akinbobola said; “Basically, we are mobilizing support for our brother, our son Mr. Wale Akinterinwa who is contesting for the ticket of APC governorship election
“The community has come together to show solidarity. We are solidly behind him, we support his ambition, we support his aspirations and we organize the solidarity rally to show the community’s support for him and we believe in God that he’s going to get the ticket.
“Our primary focus is this community because the aspirant himself has put in place an elaborate plan to tour all the 18 local governments and to mobilize. So, for now, we are limited to this community. However, we are ready to go with him to the nooks and crannies of this state to solicit votes.
“In other words, this solidarity rally is all about Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo local government coming together as one community to show support for his ambition and to let the whole world know that he’s capable, competent, and has experience. He’s also the only one who understands governance as far as Ondo state is concerned.
“He was Commissioner for Finance for over seven years, so, he knows the economy of the state, and looking at his achievements, he moved the IGR of the state from barely N500m to over N1.5b. This simply shows that he knows what he’s doing and if given the opportunity, he will transform the economy of the state.”
An High Chief, the Aro of Ile-Oluji kingdom, Chief Sola Akinfemi said; ” charity behind at home, we are supporting him because he’s one of our own and because we feel very comfortable that he can do it because he’s been doing it for quite a while that I know personally that I know he’s been doing this job for so long.
“So, really, this should be a piece of cake for him. Essentially, this is not about our local government area alone, it is about the state. So, some of us just feel that because we know him. Let us give him all of the support that we can get from the community and that is the reason why you see everybody from this community going for him.”
“Like I said, the Akinterinwa has been in government for so long. He has been in government as Finance Commissioner for eight years, he worked with two governors and he is been doing all of the developmental things that this state has benefited from go and look at the record of where the IGR has moved from.
“So, really we are looking for someone who is well tested, somebody who is interested in the job, somebody who is fighting to be governor and who has an idea of the economy of the state, someone who will cater for the welfare of the people, someone who values education.
“What we are doing here today is not even political, we have a group that is called Ile-Oluji Assembly and it’s all about economic development, socio-economic engineering and he’s a full member.”