Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, according to Mr. Femi Adekanmbi, is the most qualified governor from the South-West to lead the Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Committee in the region.
This was said by Adekabmbi, a former state commissioner for culture and tourism, to reporters on Sunday in Akure.
According to news sources, the ruling party has established zonal directorates for each of the six geopolitical zones to ensure a thorough campaign for the party's triumph in 2023. Each of the directorates will be led by a governor who is currently in office.
The APC stalwart expressed confidence that the governor would lead the party to victory in the zone if Akeredolu was chosen to lead the presidential campaign in the region.
Adekanmbi believes that Akeredolu is the best qualified person to oversee the party's campaign because he is the Chairman of the APC South West Governors' Forum.
He characterised Akeredolu as a shrewd, clever, and pragmatic politician as well as a leader with the ability to succeed where others failed.
“I can tell you that Akeredolu is the most qualified, apart from the fact that he is the Chairman of APC South West Governors’ Forum.
” Don’t forget the fact that he has been performing excellently well in that aspect, he championed the call for Southern presidency.
“They see him as a man who is fearless, brave and a courageous Yoruba man after Baba Obasanjo and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
“Majority of us in the Yoruba land believe that he’s in the best position to lead the race, to champion the course,” he stated.
Adekanmbi said that it would be a pride for the state to have Akeredolu as the head of the campaign committee.
He appealed to all residents of the state to join hands with Akeredolu irrespective of their political affiliations in ensuring that the governor was successful in any role assigned to him for the election.
“He deserves to be the president of this country but he didn’t move towards that path but now that we have a gigantic project before him, we have no choice than letting him lead,” he said.
Adekanbi, who asked various APC support groups to merge as one formidable team, said that the merger would boost the campaign efforts of the presidential candidate and his running mate.
“There is a Yoruba proverb that says when something is good, you see many people eyeing it.
” We welcome all the support group, we are happy to have a lot of support groups, most especially, we noticed in Ondo State that there was a collapse of 40 support groups and they came up with Ondo State Coalition for Tinubu,” he stated.
The APC Chieftain said that the chances of the APC presidential candidate winning the 2023 presidential election were very high, noting that the party was in control of 22 states of the federation and had the majority in the National and State Houses of Assembly.