{"id":62255,"date":"2018-05-18T15:08:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62255"},"modified":"2018-05-18T15:08:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T14:08:58","slug":"otedola-denies-governorship-ambition-lauds-ambode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/otedola-denies-governorship-ambition-lauds-ambode\/","title":{"rendered":"Otedola Denies Governorship Ambition, Lauds Ambode"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Billionaire Oil Mogul and chairman of Forte Oil, Femi Otedola, has denied<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">claims that he is seeking to contest for Lagos State governorship seat in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Reports started making the rounds that the oil mogul will join politics<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">after posting a video of himself on a popular Molue bus in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The rumours grew following a tweet from a parody account on Twitter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">stating the Forte Oil boss will seek to dislodge Akinwunmi Ambode from the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Lagos House next year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMy attention has been drawn to a news piece where false information from<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">a parody account was posted,\u201d Otedola tweeted in the early hours of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Friday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am a man of the people and I will always be on the side of the masses<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">but I am stating clearly via this medium that I am not running for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">office.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Otedola, whose father was once a governor of the state and also hails from<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Epe Local Government like Ambode, insisted that the current governor is<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">doing a good job and deserve his backing for a second term.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Governor of Lagos State is doing a commendable job and Lagosians<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">should be proud of him,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In a statement, he said: \u201cI have watched and followed keenly, in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">almost last three years of the brilliant transformation projects across<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the state. No doubt, Ambode is building on the foundations laid by his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">good predecessors. He is building roads and bridges, schools and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">hospitals, water treatment plants, sewage and storm water drainage, solid<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">wastes management plants and mass transportation infrastructures.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe recently approved the electricity power infrastructure for Lagos,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">which when fully executed, will make Lagos State almost energy independent<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in Nigeria. You are all aware of the newly-acquired mass transit buses<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that are going to be natural gas powered in order for us in Lagos to be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the first to comply with the global CLIMATE agenda of DE Carbonisations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Clean and Smart Lagos will take us into the modern global village and make<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">us the No. 4 economy in Africa.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOur visionary governor is also spearheading the modernisation of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Lagos State bureaucracy in order to get all the processes re-engineered<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for higher and best performances. A good government is a reflection of an<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">efficient and responsive bureaucracy. It is the catalytic driver for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">private sector growth. A bad and weak bureaucracy will produce nothing for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the people. We are lucky to have an able Governor like Ambode at the helm<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of our affairs. He is a knowledge-driven leader, hardworking with passion<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for our Great State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMy endorsement and recommendations for him to have a second term is<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">performance-based and not just the usual conventional charade of second<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">term endorsement in Nigeria. I am sure that all my respected compatriots,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">friends and followers will agree with me that Governor Ambode should<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">please continue with his good job till 2023.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAmbode, please CARRY GO and continue with your passionate work for Lagos<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">State transformation.\u201cThank you for being a true servant leader and with<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">your eyes on the ball, surely Lagos State will become number 3 economy in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Africa.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Oil Mogul and chairman of Forte Oil, Femi Otedola, has denied claims that he is seeking to contest for Lagos State governorship seat in 2019. 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