MKO Abiola's Wife Declares For Governorship In Lagos

Mrs Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, one of the wives of late Chief MKO Abiola, has announced her intentions to contest the governorship seat in Lagos State in the next general elections. Mrs Onitiri-Abiola says

she has 'all the formula to solve unemployment, electricity and education problems plaguing Lagos state'

Mrs Onitiri-Abiola has not revealed the political party she would contest on. She says she is still studying the existing ones and would make her choice known by the end of the month.

She said that the country needed to start practising true democracy at all levels of government to meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.

The aspirant said if she became successful at the polls, poverty eradication would be the focus of her government.

She said that the same issue should be the major concern of government at all levels.

“There should be no poverty in this state or in this country. There is so much poverty on the ground and the situation on ground is extremely terrible, worse than what we thought it was at that time, but, I am trying to look at what exactly is in the interest, actually, true interest of the people.

“What I am trying to do now is eradication of poverty; and, I know once you remove poverty, you remove everything and for you to be able to remove poverty, you need to have so many programmes.

“Some social welfare programmes, free education, free health, affordable homes, good roads, providing for people that are not employed, helping people that are in business and who want to get into business, or you want to start business, you need the back-up of the government.

“All that put in place, you are going to eradicate poverty. Poverty should not exist in this country, not even in this state my Lagos State.“