{"id":6408,"date":"2013-07-13T01:25:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/minister-olubolade-joins-ekiti-governorship-race\/"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:25:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:25:11","slug":"minister-olubolade-joins-ekiti-governorship-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/minister-olubolade-joins-ekiti-governorship-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Olubolade joins Ekiti governorship race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Minister of Police Affairs, retired Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, on Friday formally declared interest to contest the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State.<\/p>\n

Olubolade, a one-time military governor of Bayelsa, told newsmen at his Ipoti-Ekiti home that he was the best candidate available for the position.<\/p>\n

He said his primary mission as Ekiti governor was to bring about the desired “radical change” that would make the state at par with others.<\/p>\n

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He said: \u201cI am today the most valuable member of our great party, PDP, in Ekiti, having being a governor, Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, the Minister of Special Duties and now, Police Affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stand to be corrected that none of the array of aspirants that we have has my kind of pedigree.<\/p>\n

“ I am the most experienced, I am the most exposed to the rudiments of governance at all levels.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

He said that he had consulted \u201cwidely\u201d and enjoyed the support of all those that mattered.<\/p>\n

On when he would formally resign his current appointment, the aspirant said he would act according to the dictates of the constitution at the appropriate time.<\/p>\n

He added that his major task would be to put a stop to borrowing if elected as governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cMine is to bring my wide range of experience to bear by teaching the people how to be hard working.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will in the process, put a final full stop to reckless spending and meaningless borrowing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the change I want to make,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

The number of aspirants eyeing the governorship seat of Ekiti has risen to 38 with the entrance of Olubolade.<\/p>\n

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