Ogun Central must produce next minister in Tinubu's cabinet – Group

Damilola Ajibola

The Ogun State Integrity Group has appealed to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  and other relevant stakeholders in the State to ensure that the Ogun Central Senatorial District, produced the next minister in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu.

In a statement signed by Wale Coker on behalf of tbe group,  said this was imperative for tbe sake of fairness, justice and equity.

The statement reads, “It has become very imperative to bring to the attention of relevant stakeholders, the APC leadership, and most importantly, our revered leader and father, President Bola Tinubu GCFR, that for the sake of fairness, justice and equity Ogun Central Senatorial District should produce the next Minister from Ogun state. 

“The reasons are not far-fetched. Presently, Ogun East has the Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun, Ogun West has the Deputy Governor Noimot Salako-Oyedele. These are the two top executive positions. 

“The question then is Where is Ogun Central in this equation???. Moreover, when considered against the background of the fact that Ogun Central has the largest voting population. A whooping 56%!!!! 

“Below summarises the situation of things in the state with regards to the distribution of executive political positions in the 3 Senatorial Districts for 2003-2011, 2011-2019, 

2019-2023 AND 2023-2027

2003-2011

OGUN EAST—IJEBU AND REMO—-GOVERNOR 

OGUN WEST—- DEPUTY GOVERNOR 

OGUN CENTRAL—- MINISTER

2011-2019

OGUN EAST- MINISTERS AND DEPUTY GOVERNOR 

OGUN WEST-CHIEF OF STAFF

OGUN CENTRAL-GOVERNOR 

2019 -2023

OGUN EAST-(IJEBU AND REMO)—-GOVERNOR 

OGUN WEST-DEPUTY GOVERNOR 

OGUN CENTRAL-MINISTER

2023-2027

OGUN EAST-IJEBU AND REMO— GOVERNOR

OGUN WEST- DEPUTY GOVERNOR

OGUN CENTRAL—NIL

“It is, therefore, quite logical, reasonable, and politically expedient that the next Minister due to Ogun State should come from the Central District. 

“Ogun Central has eminent and highly qualified sons and daughters who are not only distinguished in their personal and professional lives but also worked assiduously for the party APC and President Tinubu in the last elections 

“Picking any Minister from Ogun East or West will amount to a total disequilibrium of the state’s political setup, which may not augur well for APC and our leader President Bola Tinubu who we all know to be an apostle of fairness. Also for political expediency, it should be noted that Ogun State is politically sophisticated as shown during the last Governorship election in the State when compared to the earlier presidential election. 

“Therefore, for justice and equity, we are appealing to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR to choose his  Ministerial nominee from Ogun Central Senatorial District as anything against that may not go down well with the Leaders and Stakeholders of Ogun Central.