Ondo 2016: From PDP to ACN, now Agunloye is SDP candidate

A former Minister of State for Defence under the PDP, Dr. Olu Agunloye, has emerged the governorship candidate of the Social Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ondo State.

Agunloye who was also at one time, a member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) which is among the parties that metamorphosed into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was unanimously elected as the candidate of the party in Akure.

The former minister, in his acceptance speech, said the SDP was a better alternative to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.

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He argued that both the APC the PDP have failed to change the lives of the people, adding that the SDP was poised to finding solutions to the problems of the state if elected in November.

“We are here today to signal a completely new path, new ways and new mindset. What you may call a shift from the unrealizable transformation programme of the PDP and unreliable ‘Change Agenda’ of the APC to a systems approach to citizens’ empowerment and food security .

“Our party seeks new way and better alternative entrenched in integrity of managing people, infrastructure and economy for people’s empowerment and emancipation “, he said.

By Timothy Enietan-Matthews

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