The Ondo State Governor, Olusegun
Mimiko has rubbished the claims of Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari that he will bring
change to the country. The Governor asked Nigerians not to be carried away by
the ‘change’ slogan of the All Progressives Congress, which he described as a
hoax.
The governor, however, described
President Goodluck Jonathan as a progressive.
Mimiko said this while commissioning
a primary school as part of activities commemorating his 6th anniversary as the
governor of the state on Friday in Akure.
He said he was inspired by President
Goodluck Jonathan.
Mimiko, in a statement on Friday,
said President Jonathan, like Ondo State, had demonstrated that he is a
progressive, adding that “building a mega school for the Ondo State government
is making an ideological statement.”
He said, “The mega school concept of
our government is about re-engineering education in the state with emphasis on
Information and Communications Technology. It is an initiative which is about
polity, equity and real progressivism, which is beyond the suffocating
propaganda being dished out by agents of nebulous change in the country.
“The same progressivism drive is
behind the decision of President Jonathan’s establishment of Almajiri schools
in the North. What is being experienced in the state is the real change and
just like what President Jonathan is doing at the federal level.
“This is different from those who
lack integrity but are calling for change which they can’t give. You have
contested presidential election four times and you call yourself a poor man;
what kind of lie is that? Is that what will bring change?”
He said the country would do better
under President Jonathan because he had demonstrated that he meant well for the
country “unlike those who are after power to shore up their investment base”.
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