Retired General and candidate for Ekiti South Federal Constituency 1, in the 2023 general elections, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress,APC, Air Vice Marshal Rufus Ojuawo has renewed his position that security,education, leadership training, and empowerment remain his major concerns if he becomes victorious at the polls.
He gave the indication while featuring in an interview in one of the broadcast media in Ado-Ekiti.
The House of Representatives hopeful gave an assurance that he will forge good ties with his colleagues with a view to ensuring that leadership education training forms the fulcrum of schools curriculum to prepare the younger ones for leadership
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The retired top military brass stressed the need to teach the younger ones leadership education in schools to arm them with what it takes to get to the leadership ladder, and by extension contribute to the good of the country.
According to him, having rendered my service to the country in different areas within and in the diaspora, I can say I am in a better stead to proffer solutions to security challenges bedevilling the nation as a trained security personnel. He opined that ‘bushes should be painstakingly and constantly checked,while the communities should be involved to get vital information that will assist the police and allied security agencies to rout the unscrupulous elements from their hideouts.
The Ise-Ekiti born politician pledged to empower his constituents to justify the confidence reposed in him. He pointed out that he would do things differently from other politicians, while explaining that he would do things differently by initiating laws and policies that impinge on the wellbeing of the people.
He promised to harness all his relationships at the highest levels of politics in Nigeria and internationally to make sure bills that will benefit his people are passed at National Assembly. “In politics, as you make demands, you need to give something in return, mostly Goodwill. This, by God’s grace, I have in abundance at the top echelon in Nigeria”.
The APC National Assembly candidate advised supporters to vote massively for Ahmed Bola Tinubu considering his antecedents in politics.