The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has unveiled Cyrus Oluwaseun Johnson as the governorship candidate in Ogun State, four months after its former candidate died.
The former candidate, Prof David Bamgbose, died after a brief illness in September 2022, while the state chairman of the party, Samson Okusanya, unveiled Johnson yesterday as the new candidate of the party in the state.
Okusanya said Johnson, a professional accountant, had emerged the winner of the by-election, which, he said, was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He expressed confidence that the PRP would win the next election “because we are fully on the ground in all 236 wards.”
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Speaking with newsmen, the PRP governorship candidate said the party would run a people-centred government if he is given the mandate.
He said, “In Ogun State, the first thing for us is agriculture, which will translate into the availability of food.
“We should have gone past the stage where corn will only be available once a year, we should make food available on every table. It is when a person is fed that he works and studies well.
“The next is education. The present government has neglected education, and everybody knows that. In our government, education from primary to secondary school will be free, compulsory and qualitative.”
