Chief Press Secretary to Osun State Governor, Alhaji Ismail Omipidan has advised Nigerians to come out enmasse and vote for good leaders in the 2023 general elections.
He gave the advice while answering questions from journalists at the Annual Memorial Lecture in honour of the Former Chairman of Ansar-ud-Deen Society Kaduna Branch late Alhaji Liadi Olapade which held at Arewa House Kaduna.
Alhaji Ismail Omipidan lamented that Nigerians always complained of bad leaders while many contributed to the situation by not coming out to vote.
On the issues of the presidential candidates, Alhaji Ismail Omipidan said his preferred candidate is Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu based on competence and credibility.
“Some people will say Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is old but we take after the United States in democracy and their leader is Joe Biden, if he is not too old to run the affairs of America, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is not too old to lead Nigeria. If you look at the track records of Asiwaju Tinubu and Sen. Kashim Shettima, they speak for them, look at Lagos, look at Borno, they are signposts of how a state should be properly run” he explained.
“So, if Tinubu and Shettima have done creditably well in the states they have been opportune to have governed, I believe very strongly that they will do well as our leaders in Nigeria. So, I encourage Nigerians to please vote Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima come February next year. All the front runners have had the opportunity to be in government at one point or the other. If you take a critical look at them, you will agree with me that only one person has been very consistent, only one person has army of Nigerians that he has been able to mentor over the years.
Speaking on the event, the Osun CPS said, “this is our way of immortalizing late Alhaji Liadi Olapade, a chartered accountant per excellence, a community leader and a religious leader. He was the Chairman of Ansar-ud-Deen Society, Kaduna Branch, Chairman of Muslim Council of Nigeria in Kaduna and leader of the Yoruba community all at the same time.
e was also one time chairman of Osun State Indigenes Association.
The memorial lecture is our own way of ensuring that his legacies live on”.
The Guest Speaker, Sheikh AbdulKabir Ibrahim AlMisry tasked Nigerians to live well and be good to people that they come across, so that they will leave good legacies that they will be remembered with.
“We are responsible for our challenges. Sheikh AlSharawi said wherever we have a poor Muslim that means others have taken his share. If you can’t give money, help others, be generous with your behaviour, be jovial with people, smile to people. Despite all the surveillances that we have in Nigeria, it took nine years to discover that our crude oil was being siphoned. Look at the money we have lost!”
Chairman Ansar-ud-Deen Society Kaduna Branch, Alhaji Saburideen Adeyemi said the annual memorial lecture was to immortalize Alhaji Liadi Olapade and showcase his legacies to the world to enable the young ones and the elderly ones alike emulate one thing or the other from it.
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