The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has stated that he is qualified and competent to be the President of Nigeria, adding that he would seize the opportunity if it arises.
In an exclusive interview with Arise News on Friday, Adeleke stated that he is motivated to make Osun a wonderful state while also discussing his continuing efforts in the state.
Adeleke said, “Well, if God says it is time for me to become president, I am qualified to be the president of Nigeria, so why not? I will grab it and take care of my people.”
Adeleke, on the other hand, stated that his future political aspiration to become President of Nigeria is in God’s hands.
He also discussed the 2022 governorship race, stating that the BVAS adopted by the Independent National Electoral Commission was favorable to him during the election and that he would have been rigged out if the BVAS had not been introduced.
“I have already formed a lot of committees, and they are bringing everything. I’m working 24/7 to make sure that Osun is great.
“I inherited a huge debt—about almost forty-something billion. So I started paying them half my salary slowly, little by little.
”I think I have paid about four times now; the fifth one is coming. And then, for the pensioners, I’m paying them too. I gave them free medical care and all that. So that’s part of the palliatives.
“All our primary healthcare, I went there, I visited myself. So, they told me that a governor could come and visit? I said my own governor is different. They had to start fixing all the health centers—about 332 wards simultaneously. They were fixing it.”
Speaking about the efforts he has put in place to fix all federal roads that were bad in the state, he said, “I have suspended federal roads, but I will complete the one that I started.
”So, I started fixing the state roads and, of course, the hinterlands. I don’t just do surface.
”In fact, most of the roads that the APC claims that they fixed were the result of federal government intervention. So, that means that they did not make any roads.
“Part of my agenda includes tourism, culture, and entertainment. And we have gold too, and they did nothing about that.
”So, we are doing a lot to improve our IGR. We have bitumen; we have a lot of it in Osun State; we have to just tap it.”
