APC govs govern pages of Newspapers - Alao Akala

APC govs govern on pages of
newspapers— Alao- Akala
on september 20, 2014 at 7:46 pm in news
Otunba Christopher Alao- Akala was governor of
Oyo State between 2007 and 2011 when he
vacated office for the present governor, Chief
Abiola Ajimobi shortly after that year
gubernatorial election. Penultimate Thursday,
Akala formally declared his interest to run for the
office of the governor of his state.
In this interview, shortly before the declaration,
Akala said his entrance into the gubernatorial
race is in the interest of the people whom he
claimed have been clamoring for his return,
because, according to him,” it is one thing to
scratch somebody’s back,it is another thing to
scratch the body where it is itching him”.
The PDP, shortly after it won the Ekiti election,
said it was going to claim another victory in
Osun. Having lost the Osun election now, what is
the post mortem?
I hope you know we are already in court,
contesting the election, so I would not want to
talk much about it.
However, what is certain is that the opposition
party is more pronounced on the pages of
newspapers than doing the real work of
governance. The APC governs on the front pages
of newspapers. They are propagandists. They like
propaganda. They talk more than they work and
people have realized that now.
You know we people in Oyo State are quite
exposed, because we are highly educated and so,
because of that, it is now even more difficult,
unlike before, to throw any garbage at them and
they accept it. The people are wiser now. They
won’t vote for just anybody again and it is
obvious now that if it was PDP, the party would
have made a lot of difference in their lives.
Are you saying that in the last three years, the
APC government has not done anything for the
people?
Well, you have not got enough time to compare,
because if you know our environment very well,
then you know what I am saying. I am not saying
the man has not done anything but, compared to
what people like us have done, he has not done
anything.
There wont be room for comparison if anything
had not been left undone. It is because certain
things have been left undone or have been done
wrongly, that is why the clamour for me to return
to office.
Again, it is one thing to scratch somebody’s
body, it is another thing to scratch the body
where it is itching him. If you scratch it where it
is itching, of course, the fellow will enjoy it more.
That is what we are going to do when we return
to office. You need to study your people and
know what they went, how they want it and you
give it to them, not what you think is good for
them.
But people are still clamouring for the same APC
government to return for second term.
You don’t live here. So you don’t have knowledge
of what is happening here.
But we read all these in the media.
That is what I was saying earlier. They are
propagandists. You have just confirmed that now
that they govern on the pages of newspapers. But
we know what is happening here in the state, not
what they feed the public through the media.

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