The governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the Osun State governorship election, Olajide Esan, has pledged to return governance to the people if elected on August 15.
Esan made the promise during the Arise Television town hall for governorship candidates ahead of Saturday’s election, where he outlined his plans for improving accountability and citizen participation in governance.
The AAC candidate said Osun had suffered from a lack of genuine leadership despite having many politicians, arguing that leadership should be centred on service rather than the exploitation of the people’s challenges.
“Osun state deficient of leadership. Even though we have too many politicians, but we don’t have leaders because leadership is all about service,” Esan said.
He accused politicians of exploiting poverty and other challenges confronting the people, saying his administration would seek to reverse that pattern by giving residents a greater role in governance.
