A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Oyo State, Alh. Abdulrashheed Folarin, has opined that the chances of Teslim Folarin, clinching the position as governor of Oyo State is very high, owing to his unprecedented achievements as a three-term senator representing in the Oyo central senatorial district.
Rasheed Folarin who is also a brother to the governorship candidate of the All progressives Congress, Teslim Folarin made this known while featuring on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Aim FM TV
Speaking on few of Folarin’s achievements, the APC stalwart in his remarks declared that solar street lights distributed across the 11 LGAs of the Oyo Central senatorial district as good measure to address insecurity and enhance economic activities of Oyo Central senatorial district.
He said, “Folarin installed solar streetlights in Ajegunle market in Oyo; Oko market in Surulere; Akanra, Amuloko, Kaara and Ojoo Hausa markets in Ibadan.”Also in Akinyele local government area, Orogun, Idi Omo, Lagbe, Oluana, and Off Ojo/Lagos Expressway, Agidigbo FM Area were captured”
The APC stalwart also gave details of the areas where the solar street lights were installed as in Gbedun, Araro, Idi Osan, ldi Ose/Olosa Oko Road, Gbada Efon, Odeyale, Oremeji, Bioku, Olosa Oko, Olounda and Ajia in Ona Ara communities.
Further speaking on the achievements of the three time senator, Adulrasheed Folarin also mentioned how the senator has lived a scandal free life in office.
“He has been in this group for close to twenty years now but you can never see his name anywhere, whether there is a scandal or anything, you will not see him there. In Ibadan or Lagos, some people say they are street-wise, even if when he is streetwise he’s not behaving like that.”
“He’s the kind of person that if you give him (Folarin) one million naira now and you don’t know about it, but he will call you that somebody gave him this and that “brother take, give to this and that, give to the police, give to the driver. If I ask him why he wants to share everything, he would say he wants to remove the pancreas from it”
“Do you know the pancreas? That is his kind of person, he is not lavish, I don’t have the money to live big, but he has the money to live big but he does not live big. That simplicity, everything comes to him naturally”
In another light, The APC stalwart asserted that the APC governorship candidate will announce in short time his running mate for the forthcoming electioneering campaign and emphasized that the choice of the running mate will be from the Oke-Ogun zone.
“In politics, there are so many interest groups when the people, especially the leadership structure, are given the opportunities to decide who will run with the governor, you know most times, the governor, the person who will wear the brunt must know who he wants to run with. In our case, the deputy governor was zoned to oke Ogun, and the people there nominated about three people, definitely out of the three, they had to choose one and I think he has chosen the one he loves.”
Aside from the deputy being from the Oke-Ogun zone, Folarin hinted the party also met the usual quest for religious balance as the intended deputy is a Christian.
He said, “At the appropriate time, Folarin would announce who the person is, but I will tell you the party is considering religious balance.”
In fact Sen. Teslim Kolawole Folarin is one of the best among other senators and had turn the table around in Oyo Central and Oyo South local government.
Coming for his governorship is the best for Oyo State at this time.
May God make it possible for us.
Tessy Lokan.
Inshallah Senator Teslim Folarin Will be the next Governor in Oyo State