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Adebayo Shittu can’t be a governor, he lacks the qualities – Ajimobi
Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has been described as lacking the qualities and temperament of one who can be a governor.
Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi said this on Monday night during aninterview with the Channels Television’s programme, Roadmap 2019.
The governor stated this in response to the Communication Minister’s ambition to succeed him as the governor of Oyo State come 2019.
Shittu, who has been in a running battle with the governor over the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, had since declared his intention to run for governor of the state in 2019.
But when asked Monday night if he would support Shittu’s ambition Ajimobi replied, “He doesn’t have what it takes to be a governor. I have been a governor now for seven years. I know the qualities of someone who should be a governor; he doesn’t have it. His temperament cannot be that of a governor.”
The governor is of the position that one who is to become a governor should be reserved and must have been an achiever in his field of expertise, who must have something he achieved before going into politics.
He said, “I was an oil and gas man. I rose to the peak of my career as a managing director,” he said, stressing that he did not work for just any company but rose through the ranks to become MD of a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum.
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“Not only in Nigeria but outside Nigeria. I was chief executive of Shell (Petroleum) companies outside Nigeria.”
Meanwhile, Ajimobi noted that he has nothing against the minister, adding that he was free to go ahead and contest in the coming election.
He said, “If you behave unconventionally and I say you behave unconventionally, is that derogatory? I have nothing against him, to be honest. I just like people to have decorum, I like people with style.”
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