Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has declared that his successor in 2027 from the Peoples Democratic Party must be between the age bracket of 50 and 52 years of age.
Makinde disclosed this on Wednesday while delivering his keynote address at the Maiden Edward Adebo Ogundoyin Students Legislative Summit held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan.
The event which centered preparing the ground for young students to be better prepared ahead for life after school had in attendance, the Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, Speakers of the six states in the South West, the Soun of Ogbomoso, HIM, Oba Ghandi Afolabi, members of the Oyo state executive Council, Oyo state legislators, and other top government functionaries.
Makinde, who recalled life after he graduated from the university of Lagos stated that the energy and determination with which he faced life made him what he is today in term of success in the organized corporate sector and public office.
He explained that Nigerian youths in tertiary institutions across the South West should engage themselves with intellectual activities that would build their capacities to be better future leaders than focus on things that would not add value to them.
He said he became the youngest governor in the history of Oyo state at the age of 51 and maintained that he would not support any governorship aspirant that fall outside the age bracket of 50 and 52.
He however encouraged the students participants to emulate the Speaker, Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, who became a lawmaker at the age of 31 and has consistently advance in his political career as well as other young individuals including the Minister of state for youth development and most of the speakers of the state assembly in the South West.
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