Akeredolu throws weight behind wife’s senatorial ambition

• Marks 41st wedding anniversary with wife’s bid
• Onitiri declares to contest Lagos Central senatorial seat

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has thrown his weight behind the senatorial aspiration of his wife, Mrs. Betty Akeredolu, to contest the Imo East Senatorial election in 2023.

He stated this when he arrived in Nigeria from a foreign trip 24 hours after his rumoured death.

Akeredolu, in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists in Akure, yesterday, said he believed in the mission of his wife to emancipate women from the shackles of all forms of oppression.

He described her as a fiercely independent personality, who is never afraid to voice her dissent opinion on any issue, saying: “I have witnessed her triumphs over adversities at close quarters.

“Let me choose this great day in our lives, our 41st wedding anniversary, to notch up in print my support for your popular and known quest to serve your people in the Senate.

“The evolution of modern societies bears indelible evidence of significant inputs of few people. This trajectory records definitive impacts of those who dare to think and act differently.

“The consequence of this defiance finds expression in radical departure from the old order, leading to transformation. It yields quality accretions, which impact positively on the people in any given space.

“The world owes those who dare a debt of gratitude for audacity, tenacity, consistency and focus. These torchbearers withstand the brunt of vilification, contempt, deprivation and even rejection. They remain undaunted until the set goal is achieved. They are rarely praised afterwards.”

SIMILARLY, a socio-political activist and critic, Adesunbo Onitiri, has declared his intention to contest the Lagos Central Senatorial seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023.

Onitiri, who disclosed this to journalists in Lagos, said if elected, he would lobby other National Assembly legislators to get special status for Lagos, being the economic capital of Nigeria.

He said: “The special status should be supported with incidental infrastructural development to make Lagos State world-class standard.

“One of my legislative assignments would be to ensure legislation that would provide universal basic healthcare in Lagos and Nigeria, as well as to provide universal basic education in Lagos.”