Yewa-Awori must present best candidate to produce next governor in 2027 - Yayi

Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, said Yewa Awori must present best candidate to produce the next governor in 2027.

According to the ranking senator, the 49 years jinx of producing a governor can only be broken if political leaders, stakeholders and people in the Senatorial District work in unity and cohesion.

Adeola who made the call during the official inauguration of the secretariat of Yewa Think-Tank christened ‘Yewa Unity House’, in Ilaro, however, silence on the identity of any politician from Ogun West to lead the cause.

Yayi explained that the unity was key in order for a person of Yewa-Awori extraction to emerge governor in the next general elections.

The Senate Appropriation Committee Chairman attributed the failure of the senatorial district to produce governor since the creation of Ogun State in 1976 division among the stakeholders from the region.

According to him, the leaders must consciously and painstakingly put the best foot forward in 2027, if they wished to break jinx of the almost five decades 

"it is painful that no person from Ogun West has had any opportunity to lead the state as the number one citizen, stressing that all hands must be on deck to correct the “unjust and inequitable anomaly”.

"internal and external factors might have conspired against Ogun West persons that nursed the ambition and contested to lead the state in time past without success, the senator insisted that Yewa-Awori people must collectively contest for power with everything that God has endowed them with, the senator said.

The Senator, however, said that Yewa-Think Tank as a leading and knowledge-based organization must objectively look at all the variables that should engender success for the senatorial district come 2027.

“Again, another opportunity beckons us in the year 2027. YTT as a leading and knowledge-based organization must objectively look at all the variables that should engender success for the senatorial district and so informed all critical stakeholders this time around on the way forward. I have no doubt that the wherewithal to achieve the just aspiration of our people is available at this time but we must consciously and painstakingly put our best foot forward this time around.

“Going forward, I don’t expect anyone from Ogun West to be a bystander in the ongoing struggle for political power in Ogun State. Indeed, I look forward to a redoubling of our efforts at this time as the prize is within reach and achievable.

“This time around is not for sentiment, undue emotional outpouring or pursuit of some parochial or personal interests. We must all put on our thinking caps and collectively strive to end injustice and take our people and indeed Ogun State to greater heights. There is no doubt that much work is still in the offing for sustainable socio-economic and political development and I want to charge all members of the YTT to further gird their loins for more initiatives and accomplishments in the years ahead”, Adeola stated