Businessman and Chairman, Oyo-Si-Maa-Dun Foundation, Dr. Abisoye Fagade, has assured citizen that Nigeria would live up to expectations as the giant of Africa under the incoming administration of the President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu which is due for inauguration later this month.
Fagade, a former gubernatorial aspirant of the APC in Oyo state, is the coordinator of OSMD Network; an independent Support Organization which was established to for the main purpose of mobilizing other stakeholders for the realization of Tinubu Presidential Campaign Project across the state and beyond.
Addressing stakeholders at a Special Thanksgiving and Pre-Inauguration Prayer session held at a private facility in Ibadan on Wednesday in honour of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, OSMD Network’s coordinator, Dr. Abisoye Fagade ascribed the emergence of Tinubu to the will of God “and an indication that it was time for the country to fulfill her destiny as a land blessed with milk and honey.
His words; “shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari got sworn-in in 2015, we realized Nigeria would need a strong character from the South to succeed him in 2023 and the name Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu readily began to resonate and what informed this was his track record, character and capacity as a tested and trusted all-round leader and administrator.
“In 2020, we started putting all necessary machineries in place to prevail on the man (Asiwaju) to throw his hat into the ring and, like a true patriotic leader and democrat, he accepted to take up the gauntlet. As expected, the journey was rough as we encountered many challenges but in the end, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, won a popular mandate to lead the most populous black nation in the world by defeating presidential candidates of all other political parties in the February 25 poll.
“As a major stakeholder in the Tinubu Project, Oyo-Si-Maa-Dun (OSMD) Network led from the front in the task of sensitizing, mobilizing and motivating all relevant stakeholders to key into the Project. And today, we gather here to appreciate some of the key people who played one role or the other in the efforts that yielded victory for the President-elect particularly in Oyo state.
“Basically, we are here today to offer our unique thanks to God almighty and also appreciate some key partners with whom we ran a successful Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign in Oyo state. We also included in our program for the day an Inter-faith Prayer session aimed at seeking the face of God as the whole world awaits the successful inauguration and take-off of a new APC government of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.” Fagade said.
Among party leaders and dignitaries who attended the event are; former Oyo APC chairman, Chief Akin Oke, Alhaja Tinuade Adigun, Dr. Joshua Oyebamiji, Hon. Abiodun Adigun-Hammed, Hon. Gaphar Ojetola, Olawale Sadare, Hon. Afeez Bolaji Repete, Comrade John Aremu, Mrs Funke Akinpelu, Mr. Ishola Adetoyese Akeem, Mr. Akinyinka Akinwale and Alhaja Folasade Adesanya.