Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Lasun Yussuff, has joined the race for Osun governorship.
The Deputy Speaker declared his intention to run for the State’s September 22 gubernatorial election on Thursday in Osogbo, at the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat.
Yussuff who was received at the secretariat by the State Chairman, Gboyega Famodun, was confident he will deliver as governor of the State and assured he will leverage on some of incumbent governor Rauf Aregbesola’s policies, including the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES), to create more employment in the State.
“I want to be the governor because I have the experience and the exposure.
“The people of the state want me and are waiting for me to rule them because I am the one the cap fits and I will not disappoint them,” he said.
Responding to the Deputy Speaker’s declaration, Famodun expressed his conviction that the aspirant was qualified to govern the state, given his political exposure and experience.
He however reminded him that he is not the only aspirant to indicate interest for the position in the party and that his eventual emergence will be down to the will of God.
So far, the Osun State APC has about 27 aspirants ready to slug it out at the primaries for a chance to emerge the party’s flagbearer for the guber elections
