....Calls for mini congress ahead primaries
AHEAD of the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, a governorship aspirant of the party, Boye Oyewunmi, on Tuesday, called on the leadership of the party to organise a mini congress in the state to accommodate the interest of new entrants into the party.
Oyewunmi, who stated this in Akure, Ondo State capital, while declaring his intention to contest in the forthcoming election in the state, said this would give sense of belonging to the new entrants from other political parties.
According to him, excluding new entrants ahead of the party’s primaries would shut some people out of the race while new entrants would be reduced to mere spectators, saying,”It is a new drive for inclusion. The new entrants needed to have a stake. We do not have to disenfranchise others.”
Oyewumi, who pledged to restore free and qualitative education system introduced by Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the region, noted that the state educational system needed to be overhauled.
He said this would aid speedy development in the state, lamenting that the falling standard of education in the state has relegated the state to the background and vowed to bring back the good old days in the state.
He attributed the fall in the standard of education to the poor quality of teachers, infrastructural decay and educational policies implemented by the state government, which he said were purely cosmetic and certificate-oriented.
He said that Ondo State has the highest number of non-graduate teachers, saying this adversely affects the performance of the students in their academics and quality of students churned out to the labour market.
Oyewumi said he would allocate a greater percentage of the budget on education to primary education to address the decay in the sector.
The aspirant said he would tackle unemployment, lack of industries and bring back commodity board to assist farmers in the state.
He added that he would explore all the resources bequeathed to the state by God and also broaden the revenue base of the state.
Speaking on zoning, the APC aspirant noted that zoning would exclude qualitative candidate from the race, and drummed support for a visionary and youthful leader, saying, “leaders should be driven by vision and not by ambition.
“Zoning is one of the tools to disqualify qualitative candidate for selfish reasons and an enclave to exclude others from the race.”
According to him, excluding new entrants ahead of the party’s primaries would shut some people out of the race while new entrants would be reduced to mere spectators, saying,”It is a new drive for inclusion. The new entrants needed to have a stake. We do not have to disenfranchise others.”
Oyewumi, who pledged to restore free and qualitative education system introduced by Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the region, noted that the state educational system needed to be overhauled.
He said this would aid speedy development in the state, lamenting that the falling standard of education in the state has relegated the state to the background and vowed to bring back the good old days in the state.
He attributed the fall in the standard of education to the poor quality of teachers, infrastructural decay and educational policies implemented by the state government, which he said were purely cosmetic and certificate-oriented.
He said that Ondo State has the highest number of non-graduate teachers, saying this adversely affects the performance of the students in their academics and quality of students churned out to the labour market.
Oyewumi said he would allocate a greater percentage of the budget on education to primary education to address the decay in the sector.
The aspirant said he would tackle unemployment, lack of industries and bring back commodity board to assist farmers in the state.
He added that he would explore all the resources bequeathed to the state by God and also broaden the revenue base of the state.
Speaking on zoning, the APC aspirant noted that zoning would exclude qualitative candidate from the race, and drummed support for a visionary and youthful leader, saying, “leaders should be driven by vision and not by ambition.
“Zoning is one of the tools to disqualify qualitative candidate for selfish reasons and an enclave to exclude others from the race.”
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