BY GBENGA   OLARINOYE
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship candidate in Osun State, Mr. Olusegun Akinwusi at the weekend met with state leaders of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) across the state’s 30 local governments in Osogbo, highlighting his programmes if elected as the governor in the August 9 election.

The state former Head of Service (HOS) during the interactive session with the religion leaders which had in attendance the state CAN Chairman, Rev. Elisha Ogundiya and other executive members explained that SDP manifesto is based on welfarist agenda with focus on development of the people.

According to him, “The idea of mega-city is now giving way to development of mega-citizens and we are going to focus on people. We want to ensure that within nine months of our administration, we restore the state economic base and put smile on the faces of the citizenry.

“If N5 billion is getting to Osun state and the money is spent at the four walls of the state, we will see a great difference. We are wallowing in poverty now because of the current capital flight. If you pay N5 into the state coffer now, it first lands in Lagos”, he stated.

Akinwusi assured that public schools would be returned to their owners,  if they requested for them while private school owners would be encouraged to give their best to the educational system.
He revealed that if elected there would be some “policy reversal” in the state education system while promising the National Inter-Religious Committee (NIREC) would be strengthened and properly funded to perform its statutory roles as expected.