Former Ondo State Commissioner for Finance Wale Akinterinwa has said the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is on a rescue mission in the state.
He said only ACN can reposition the state for development.
Akinterinwa said he resigned his appointment to save his name from the alleged financial mismanagement rocking the administration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko.
The governorship aspirant spoke when he visited ACN executives in Southern Senatorial District.
He alleged that the mismanagement of funds by the Mimiko administration is responsible for the high level of poverty in the state.
Akinterinwa said: “You all know why I left the government; any progressive person will never steal tax payers’ money. Progressives are following the footsteps of the late Obafemi Awolowo, the late Adekunle Ajasin, Chief Bisi Akande and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and all these people did not steal government funds.
“They focused on improving the life of the poor and that is what ACN preaches. The party remains the only alternative for good governance.
“We do not promise and fail, and we would not promise what we cannot achieve. You all know Mimiko promised to turn Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area to a mega city by building a 1,000-vehicle capacity park there. The last time we saw the governor here was during the foundation-laying, it has been three years now and there is still no park.
“The people of Southern Senatorial District have been neglected, despite their contributions to the state’s economy. Mimiko preferred to place the management of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) in the hands of someone like Debo Ajimuda, so that the whole money could be siphoned.
“We still have much to expose about the financial recklessness of the present government. ACN must rescue the state because Mimiko lacks the knowledge to govern.”
Akinterinwa said whoever emerges the party’s candidate would be supported by other aspirants.
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