Oyo 2019: SPN guber candidate, Bamigboye kicks off campaign in Ibadan, unveils running mate [PHOTOS]

The gubernatorial candidate of SPN in Oyo State, Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye on Thursday kick-started his campaign ahead of the 2019 general elections in the state.

Bamigboye, who emerged as the candidate of the party in September this year while speaking during the flag off of the party’s campaign held at its state secretariat, Mokola Ibadan, revealed that the party has designed programmes that will touch the lives of the citizens of the state in all areas of human endeavours.

At the event were members of the party among whom were its state chairman, Comrade Kolapo Oladapo, other candidates of the party among others.

Bamigboye, while unveiling his campaign programmes before teeming members of the party from the 33 local government areas of the state, used the occasion to announce Comrade Ebunoluwa Famuti as his running mate.

He said that the choice of Famuti as his running mate was reached and ratified by leaders and members of the party across the state.

Bamigboye informed that the party has decided “to improve the state of education, health, agriculture, infrastructure, industrialization, workers’ welfare, job creation, youth and women empowerment in the state”.

While also addressing members of the party, Oladapo begged the people of the state not to sell their votes during next year’s governorship election, but to vote en mass for the political party.

He said, “SPN has no money to buy your votes, but has programme that is capable of bringing a significant improvement to both the living and working condition of workers, youths and masses in the state. SPN is participating in the forthcoming general election to offer a clear socialist alternative to anti-people parties like the APC, ADC, ZLP, ADP, PDP and 32 other Pro-capitalist parties that will be participating in the election. SPN is a broad, pro-masses party mainly formed to bring together all Nigerians who are angry, disenchanted and fed up with the failure of governance in the country “.

He explained further that if the SPN’s governorship candidate is elected, the political party will put in place a pro-working masses government that will always defend and give priority to areas of needs of workers and the poor.

He added that, “SPN -government will be committed to free and quality education, all fees currently being charged across public primary and secondary schools in the state will be cancelled within 60 days of SPN – led government while all fees hiked in higher institutions will be reversed to the amount payable by minimum wage earners. SPN government will cancel security vote and ensure that all funds at the disposal of the state are committed and invested on the areas of needs of the working people particularly adequate funding of public utilities like education under a democratic control and management of committee of workers, students and parents.”

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