Ayoade Lawal: I Have A Patriotic Passion To Develop Osun
By Rufus Awobiye/ Ayoade Lawal, CEO, Cubitec Engineering is on a mission. The mission is a passionate quest for the rescue and repositioning of Osun State. For this quest, the chemical engineer gubernatorial aspirant has seven- pronged visions.
In agriculture, Engineer Lawal says with proper utilisation of the God-given arable land, he will not only make? food security guaranteed in Osun, but also transform the state to food hub of the nation.
Education will also enjoy maximum attebtion from Lawal’s government. “We plan to liberate our people from the ?shackles of poverty, we need to provide first class education as well as. Expose them to the reality and inherent opportunities of e-commerce”he said.
Lawal, who will be competing on the platform of All Progressives Congress , APC said he will be focusing more on industrialization. “It is a must of for us to put the industrialization of our dear state on the front burner,leveraging on the existing Federal Government initiatives through the appropriate agencies like BOA, BOI, etc as well as attracting foreign direct investment. We will create. A chain value that will ensue no son or daughter of Osun is left out.”
On health, Lawals promises that the people of Osun wll be beneficiaries ?of affordable, quality and world-class health-service delivery. “We will ensure that our health care facilities are properly equipped and not only with the best equipment but also adequate man power”
Security will also be taken serious. ” We will ensure that the existing security infrastructure in the state is scaled up to global best practices.
The youths will not be left out in Lawal-led administration. ” we will ensure that the minds of the youths are creatively engaged to foster innovation? and development in the state.
Osun has always been known to be one of the states with many tourists attractions- the Osun-Osogbo festival, the Osun groove in Osogbo, the Orunmila staff in Ile Ife among others?. This why Engineer Lawal has also included tourism in his agenda for the valued people of Osun State. He says his administration will create more jobs by showcasing the inherent beauty of the various tournament sites in the state to the world, and optimize the revenue generated thereof for development.
Engineer Lawal is optimistic that?.his administration will bring the much needed succour to the people of all status in the state of Omoluabi.
*Awobiye is a journalist and publisher of Momentous National Magazine