{"id":11793,"date":"2018-09-10T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=11793"},"modified":"2018-09-10T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:00:47","slug":"osun-2019-adesina-joins-reps-race-says-nigeria-overdue-for-restructuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=11793","title":{"rendered":"Osun 2019: Adesina joins Reps race, says Nigeria overdue for restructuring\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A US-trained financial analyst and real estate entrepreneur,\u00a0Dapo Ademola- Adesina on Monday outlined his blueprint if elected into the House of Representatives in the 2019 general elections.<br \/>\nHis plans include urgently setting in motion the necessary machinery to address the imminent security\u00a0threats\u00a0to the nation including the\u00a0menace of Fulani herdsmen and championing the demand for the restructuring of Nigeria which, according to him, was long overdue.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11794\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG-20180910-WA0004-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\nAdesina studied Architecture at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife and later proceeded to the United States of America to obtain another Bachelors and MBA degrees in Finance at the DePaul University.<br \/>\nHe is currently the President\/CEO of Shimarch Group of Companies and also the Executive Secretary\/Chief Executive of Prof. Ademola Adesina Memorial Foundation.<br \/>\nAdesina, popularly called\u00a0Dapooza, an indigene of Igbajo in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State is seeking election into the Federal House of representative of Nigeria in Boluwaduro\/Ifedayo\/Illa constituency under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019.<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cNigeria is long overdue for restructuring. Specifically issues of fairness, justice and equity are very necessary areas that need to\u00a0be re-addressed to reduce conflict and agitation, thereby encouraging a healthy completion among the federating states.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen elected\u00a0 by the grace of God and as a member of the Federal House of Representatives, I and my colleagues would urgently set in motion the necessary machinery to address the imminent security\u00a0threats\u00a0 to the nation including the\u00a0Fulani herdmen.<br \/>\n\u201cMy going into politics is an opportunity to serve my constituents and by extension the nation of Nigeria at large, Secondly\u00a0it is an opportunity to liberate\u00a0my people from maladministration and mis- governance which has evidently manifested in the educational, socio-economic and the basic standard of living.<br \/>\n\u201cFinally, my venture into politics is to continue the good work of\u00a0 my late father, Prof Shim Ademola Adesina\u00a0(former\u00a0Minister\u00a0of State\u00a0for Agriculture) of blessed memory and sustain his legacy.<br \/>\n\u201cHaving said all of this, there&#8217;s urgent need for a\u00a0 vibrant and egalitarian personality that is driven by passion and pragmatic result.\u00a0Also,\u00a0there is also the need for a youth personality with reasonable exposure and requisite knowledge of modern day politics.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US-trained financial analyst and real estate entrepreneur,\u00a0Dapo Ademola- Adesina on Monday outlined his blueprint if elected into the House of Representatives in the 2019 general elections. His plans include urgently setting in motion the necessary machinery to address the imminent security\u00a0threats\u00a0to the nation including the\u00a0menace of Fulani herdsmen and championing the demand for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}