Osun 2022: NNPP affirms Saliu as guber candidate

To fly the flag of its party in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun state, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has unveiled a medical doctor, Rasaq Oyelami Saliu, as its candidate.

The affirmation was done today March 8 at the party’s secretariat along Fagbewesa Road, Osogbo, the state capital.

At the event witnessed by officials of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), delegates from all local government areas affirmed that Dr. Saliu should be the flagbearer of the party during the July 16, 2022 general election.

In his welcome speech, the chairman, Primary election electoral committee, who also doubles as NNPP General Secretary in the state, Otunba Adekunle Abolade, noted that the candidate was carefully selected among three others considering the sensitivity of Osun polity.

He described Dr. Saliu as a capable, competent, enlightened and educated youth, who has all it takes to liberate the people of Osun state from the shackles of backwardness in the comity of states.

According to Abolade, “It is a fact that things are not normal, we need to work together to rescue the state, this is our time as youth. Youth and women are the real electorates, we must vote and protect our votes.

“Lets go out and tell people that NNPP is the only third force people can reckon with in Osun. Let’s preach love and show them that love exists among us”

In his acceptance speech after receiving the party’s flag, Dr Saliu appreciated the party’s leadership in the state under Dr. Tosin Odeyemi for giving him the opportunity to be the party’s candidate. He promised not to let the party down.

If voted in as the state governor come July 2022, Dr. Saliu promised to stop capital flights and encourage indigenes living abroad to come and invest in the state to grow its economy.