Ex-Deputy Reps Speaker, Yusuff Lasun, joins Labour Party

A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuff Lasun, has dumped the All Progressives Party (APC) for the Labour Party in Osun State.

Yusuff announced his defection to the Labour Party at a meeting in Osogbo.

He was immediately confirmed as the party’s governorship candidate for the July 6 governorship election in Osun State.

The former deputy speaker quit the APC on March 25.

He finished third in the party’s governorship primary held on February 19 in Osogbo.

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The other two persons in the governorship race are Governor Gboyega Oyetola and former Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti.

In his address at the meeting, Yusuff said his defection to the Labour Party and success in the election would herald industrial development, extensive agricultural development, good health, exploitation of mineral resources and good education.

He said: “If I emerge victorious, my administration will focus on subsidising education, farming, infrastructure, health and exploitation of mineral resources for the citizens.”

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