By Iyabo Adebisi
The Ogun State governorship candidate in the last general elections under the New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP, Olufemi Oguntoyinbo has advocated the arrest and prosecution of politicians found to have embezzled public funds even while in office to tackle corruption in the country.
He stated this while speaking with journalists shortly after his investiture as a Patron of the Oyo State Correspondent Chapel in Ibadan held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ, Oyo State Council, Iyaganku, Ibadan.
Mr Oguntoyinbo also stressed the need for a bill that would compel aspiring political office holders to sign undertakings which when breached, would lead to imprisonment to serve as checks on their conduct and activities
In a lecture entitled “Contesting 2023 General Elections: the former Ogun state NNPP candidate berated INEC over its failure to include the name of his party on the ballot papers, making it difficult for the voters to identify the party.
He said, however, that the party had commenced preparations for the 2027 elections.
According to him, the Party’s structure were being put in place in all the wards and local government areas of the state while also ensuring that leaders and future contestants on the platform of the party were not sellouts.
Earlier, the Chairman Oyo State Correspondent Chapel, Raji Adebayo appealed to President Bola Tinubu to review the implementation policy of the subsidy removal on petrol and hasten palliative to cushion its effect on the masses.
Mr Adebayo equally enjoined the President to use the proceeds from the subsidy removal for infrastructure development.
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