By Solid Owoyabu, Abeokuta
Former Ogun State Governor and the Senatorial candidate for Ogun East under the banner of All Progressives Congress in the next general elections, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on Sunday in Sagamu held an empowerment programme for thousands of electorates from Ogun East senatorial districts.
The empowerment which was under a non governmental organisation, Gateway Movement in conjunction with Gateway Front Foundation (GFF), was with pomp and glamour as the majority of people at the event went home with prizes which include Agricultural Tractor worth about N10 million, Toyota Highlander SUV Jeep, 240 litres Deep Freezer, 2.5KVA Generator and over 500 other items such as sewing machines, grinding machines etc.
Also at the event, apart from the large turnout of residents of the zone, eminent personalities including former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro; a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Wale Edun; former Deputy Governors Gbenga Kaka, Salmon Badru and Yetunde Onanuga we're present at the ceremony.
Salient Times report that Mr Wale Edun was at the occasion to represent the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
Daniel is the senatorial candidate of the APC in Ogun East.
Others at the event were Senator Ganiu Solomon; Prince Gboyega Isiaka; Remo House of Representatives member, Adewunmi Onanuga; former Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Dare Kadiri and others.
However, Governor Dapo Abiodun and other government functionaries were conspicuously absent at the event.
Also, leaders of the APC in Ogun and Ogun East were not at the function.
Our correspondent who was at the event reports that this may not be unconnected with a directive from the APC Chairman in Ogun, Yemi Sanusi, that all candidates should not flag off their campaigns until further directives from the party.
Speaking at the ceremony, the host, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, said he owed the success recorded during his administration as governor of the state to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu.
He said the majority of the projects he executed during his tenure were influenced by Tinubu.
Daniel added that many of his projects scattered around the state were still standing the test of time.
The ex-governor who recalled his relationship with the former Lagos governor noted that all the current presidential candidates currently vying for the top political office in the country are “eminently qualified” adding that Tinubu is the best among all.
“When we came onboard in 2003, we said Ogun State was land we called a sleeping giant and we said our mission was to wake up that sleeping giant.
“Let me confess that a lot of those things that I came to implement in Ogun State were because of my relationship with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“You know what we did, it is not only in Ogun East that we worked, we worked in Ogun West and you saw them saying so, we worked in Ogun Central, but there are certain things that God enabled us to commence in Ogun State, one of them is the international airport.
“I agree that a lot of people who are now trying to be president are very qualified, but Tinubu is our own,” Daniel said.
Speaking at the event, the former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Wale Edun, commended Daniel, attesting to his cordial relationship with Tinubu.
Edun described Daniel as a round peg in a round hole as the Ogun East Senatorial candidate of the APC in the state.
Edun recalled that Tinubu and Daniel had been political friends dating back to 1999 when the former was vying for the Lagos State governorship seat.
He said Daniel donated his Krista Laurel building in Lagos as a campaign office in 1999.
“Asiwaju asked me to tell you that if you want better Nigeria, vote him as President and OGD as Ogun East Senator,” he told the gathering.
He also urged the youths to collect their permanent voter cards to carry out their civic responsibility next year.
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