A former Commissioner for Youths and Sports in Ondo State and Chief of Protocol to former Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, Hon. Dayo Awude on Thursday picked the house of representatives express of interest form under Peoples Democratic Party PDP to contest the Akure North/South federal Constituency by-election.
Awude said he is running for the house of representatives to give his constituency better representation and bring federal government presence closer to his people.
“I began this journey a few years back based on my implicit belief that with my experience and track records, I can add value to our political and governmental systems.”
“Our people sure deserve our best. In the next few days, I will be unveilling my programmes and thoughts to our people.”
“We shall drive this together. I believe God Almighty will see us through.”
“I count on the good people of Akure North and South to bring this dream to fruition by giving me their support. Together we can win, and together we will win.”
Dayo Awude, a writer, author and businessman, is a former Commissioner for Youths and Sports in Ondo State, former Chairman of the State Scholarship Board and former Chief of Protocol to Governor Olusegun Mimiko.
He is from Ilu Abo in Akure North local government, which has not produced a Rep since 1999.
He has run for the ticket twice, once in Labour Party in 2015 and once in PDP in 2019. He lost the ticket in the PDP primary to the late Omolafe ahead of the 2019 general elections and later became the State Vice Chairman (Central Senatorial District) of the PDP.
The seat, it will be recalled, became vacant following the demise of Hon. Adedayo Omolafe, also known as ‘Expensive’, during a brief illness in August 2021. Adedayo, whose death was announced on Monday August 16, 2021, barely two years after he was sworn in as lawmaker, was of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.