Today, the OYO STATE VOTERS’ FORUM met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to review the state of the Nigerian polity.
1) Right from the day you visited the former president Muhammad Buhari at the villa, you made your intention known that you were contesting for the office of the president of the FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
2).While addressing the newsmen immediately after the meeting with the former president, you made us understand that the intention of running for the President ,is a long time ambition.
3)Immediately, you hit the ground running by meeting with important personalities ;all over our dear country and later met with party stalwarts which eventually delivered you as a Presidential candidate and later made you President-elect from which you got sworn-in as 16th President of Federal Republic of Nigeria. Congratulations Sir.
3)May your tenure be prosperous for all Nigerians .
4) As you -MR President begin your team building for your administration, we OYO STATE VOTERS’ FORUM, (OSVF) -an advocacy forum ,are calling on you to include the Ibadan-born, USA certified, world renowned, international cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Azeez Popoola Adeduntan in your cabinet ,to restore quality health care delivery system to Nigerians ,reduce medical tourism , capital flight and brain drain among NIGERIAN PHYSICIANS and non physicians.
5)Rising from our meeting in Ibadan today,the forum commended the President for his decision to setup a government of national competence -not rent seekers.
6)We support, with great excitement, the idea of a government of national competence because it is in tandem with our forum’s aims and objectives of identifying competent and capable people for inclusion in governance and decision making.
7)We commend you for your decision to identify the best of brains to serve in your cabinet.
8)In view of the above, we conducted a survey of Nigerians with sterling academic and leadership credentials across the globe ,who can help you in your desire to move Nigeria forward.
9)During the course of our survey, our forum’s searchlight stumbled upon the profile of Ibadan-born, USA-based, renowned international world-class Cardiovascular Surgeon, Dr. Azeez Popoola Adeduntan. He was the overall best student in African Church Grammar School(1972);
a Federal Government Scholar, best Medical Student at University of Ife in 1981, best chief resident in at the Harvard Medical School for Vascular and General Surgery, Professor of Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.
10).He was headhunted by the immediate past Governor of Oyo State, the late Abiola Ajimobi, as Commissioner of Health where he served meritoriously by building enduring institutions like the State Health Insurance Agency, Endowment Fund and also attracted local and international donations to the state’s healthcare sector.
11.The late Ajimobi described him as his best Commissioner ,while the Odua Newspaper described him as the best Commissioner in the whole of the Southwest regardless of portfolio in 2018.
12).He is equally the Osi Basorun of Ibadanland – Deputy traditional prime minister of West Africa’s largest city meritoriously by the OLUBADAN OF IBADAN LAND.
13).Our forum strongly believes that this noble son of Ibadan, who has served locally and internationally ,without any blemish, is in the league of the likes of Okonjo-Iweala, Akinwumi Adesina and other technocrats whom we believe left indelible footprints on Nigeria before moving on to greater things at international level.
14) Without any doubt,your excellency,we believe he would be helpful in your efforts to drive the implementation of health sector reforms in Nigeria.
15)Coincidentally, a careful study of his trajectory revealed that he wholeheartedly supported the candidacy of Your Excellency in the areas of mobilization/canvassing of voters, strategic media engagements, regular press releases etc ALL from his private pockets.
16).We remain committed to the indivisibility and indissolubility of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and hereby resolve to transmit this communiqué and resume of our nominee to you, Your Excellency Sir.
MAY GOD BLESS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
HON.OLATUNBOSUN ADEBOLA ISMAT (CHAIRMAN)
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE OYO STATE VOTERS’ FORUM (OSVF)
