A former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ex-Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has vowed not to be a lawmaker who shares grinding stones to widows.
Oshiomhole, who is contesting for the senator representing Edo north, stated this on Friday at the inauguration of his campaign council in Auchi.
He also expressed concerns about the way the national assembly handles budgets, stressing that he will spearhead the change of the budgetary system used by the national assembly.
Oshiomhole said: “I am troubled by the way we manage our budget at the national assembly. I want to go there and argue on the floor of the assembly that we should change our budgetary system. Our budget must work for the people.
“I want to be a senator — not a senator sharing grinding machines for widows, buying motorbikes or Keke NAPEPs for 10 out of 10,000 youths.
“I don’t need to be a senator to support widows and youths. I have done that and I am still doing that. Today, I am paying school fees for people who don’t have money to go to school.”
On Tinubu’s Presidency
Speaking on the presidential candidate of his party, Bola Tinubu, Oshiomhole said the former Lagos State governor is the most qualified candidate for the presidency.
He said: “They are throwing stones at him because they have seen that they can’t dispute his performance.
“They said he didn’t go to school but they say he was the treasurer of Mobil oil company. Will an oil company employ someone as chief accountant or treasurer if he didn’t go to school?
“You have seen how Tinubu transformed Lagos. When he sees a performing young person, he mentors and grooms him to become a leader.”
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