Former Vice Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council whose eyes are
on the Chairmanship seat, Hon Monsuru Obe has dropped what many consider a bomb
on the current goings on as the build up to the local Council elections in
Lagos continues saying that “local council leadership is not for the
inexperienced”
In a recent exclusive chat with ECD team, Hon Obe said he is
the most qualified to mount the saddle because according to him, he understands
“the real issues in grassroots leadership”
The scion of the Nurudeen Obe political family in reaction
to the seeming endorsement of Dr Olatunde Olusunmade and Dr Olumide Ojoola by Lagos APC Chairman,
Chief Dele Ajomale as APC flag bearers in the forth coming council elections
said there should be no such endorsements as the field has to be level for all
contenders,
in his words, “I believe in party supremacy and structure.
Depriving other contenders amounts to hand picking which is not democratic in
this dispensation. Let all the contenders test their popularity in a primary
election to choose who is better for APC. It is better that all APC members are
stakeholders rather than being dispersed. No one loves a contentious
government. The system has to be very transparent to hold water.”
Speaking further, Obe said the race to Tiger House that is
the Ejigbo Local Council headquarters should be for the experienced people like
me and not for freshers who do not even understand the dynamics of local
council governance and would begin to learn on the job with scarce resources
available. As for me, I have the technical know-how to fall back on my
experience when the chips are down.
Defense of
Bamigbetan’s tenure
In defense of his years on the saddle as Vice Chairman, the
civil engineer said “No matter how you try to bend history, Ejigbo was not as
connected as it is today. We did all the connecting roads that link Ejigbo with
the many communities around it. we had figured that traffic engulfed Ejigbo
because of no connecting roads so we did some connection for the people. That
is why Idimu, Isheri/Ijegun, Ajao estate links. We did powerline, Ailegun to
connect Bayo Oyelana and decongest Iyana Ejigbo. That was why we started Peter
Agha, the famous January 27 road which has been completed today. Who would also
forget the many drainages we did to checkmate flooding?
Again, when we came there were only two schools but we dispersed
the schools across all the wards. Pupils and students do not have to trek far
to congested schools.
Don't also forget what we did for the health centers by
opening up health centers across the wards. We even gave free drugs and 24
hours service but not now”
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