Oyo 2023: Makinde, Folarin Shun Gubernatorial Debates
The debate which is held at the Function Hall, Johor Event Centre, Ring Road in Ibadan, the state capital being organised by the Ibadan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) to allow the candidates to tell the good people of Oyo State about their manifesto.
The gubernatorial election is billed to take place on Saturday 11 March,2023 in all the 33 local government areas in the state.
The debate which had attracted politicians, party leaders and other stakeholders is however been attended by five out of fourteen candidates justling to take power from the incumbent governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde.
Those in attendance were the candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) Akim Yusuf, Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Michael Folorunsho Lana, New Nigeria peoples party (NNPP) candidate Engr. Joshua Olukayode Popoola, Labour Party ( LP) candidate Hon. Taofeek Adewale and chief Adebayo Adelabu, candidate of the Accord Party (AP).
The President-General Omo Ajorosun Club Ibadan, Alhaji Abiola Abdulahi Alli while addressing the participants during the interactive section with the gubernatorial candidates, tasked the audience to maintain decorum with a charge that the intension of the debate was to let the candidates tell the people about their aspirations.
Alli while speaking warned that the platform was not a political gathering rather an atmosphere to engaging gubernatorial candidates and the Ibadan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) with other members of the organized Private Sector in Oyo State on a round table discussion.
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