A senatorial aspirant for Osun East on the platform of the Accord Party, Samuel Oyedotun, has said ongoing infrastructure projects being executed by the state government in major towns and rural communities have helped reduce poverty and improved residents’ welfare.
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Oyedotun, a United States-trained mortgage stockbroker and immediate past Chairman of the Osun State Water Corporation Board, made this known in Osogbo on Thursday while speaking with journalists on the forthcoming Osun governorship poll and the 2027 general elections.
Oyedotun, a United States-trained mortgage stockbroker and immediate past Chairman of the Osun State Water Corporation Board, made this known in Osogbo on Thursday while speaking with journalists on the forthcoming Osun governorship poll and the 2027 general elections.
The aspirant said the various projects being implemented by the Ademola Adeleke administration have won the governor public support, adding that they place him in a strong position for re-election.
He said, “Nearly all major towns and rural communities across the state have one project or the other being executed by the Governor Ademola Adeleke administration. That has helped to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of residents.
“The investment in infrastructure by the governor has won him the support of Osun people and that will make his re-election easier. When I came to Osun about five years ago, all I saw was poverty. The roads were bad. But today, we have better roads than before. Go to any city in Osun, there are major projects ongoing there.
“A lot of people may not understand why infrastructure is important and they agitate for stomach infrastructure that they will eat and finish. But this infrastructure that Governor Ademola Adeleke is putting together will give us economic power, and we will develop beyond where we are today.”
Commenting on his senatorial ambition, Oyedotun, an indigene of Modakeke in Osun State, said his aspiration to the Senate has received the backing of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and other notable leaders across the district.
On his chances of clinching the Accord Party ticket, he said, “There is capacity, there is ability and there is willingness. We have been able to attract a lot of followers. It is not just about Ife/Ijesa now.
“The way we have been mobilising people in the last few months, the followers are overwhelming. I am very sure that with the support of my community, Ife and Modakeke, they are ready to support one of their own.”
The current Senator representing Osun East, Adenigba Fadahunsi, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 and re-elected in 2023, has since defected to the All Progressives Congress.
Fadahunsi has embarked on consultations within his new party ahead of a formal declaration to seek another term at the Senate in the 2027 general elections.
