We’re searching for Fashola’s successor – ACN

The Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos state, Joe Igbokwe has denied reports that the former governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu has perfected plans to impose his wife, Oluremi on the party as the next governor of the state.
Igbokwe said the reports are a mere fabrication adding that Senator Oluremi Tinubu is not interested in the governorship race.
He said the party is still in search for Governor Babatunde Fashola’s successor and the people of Lagos will know when it finally decides.
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“No, it’s not true. There is no element of truth in that. It is a figment of the imagination of the people who are propagating the idea. The woman is not interested in that. There’s nothing like that. We see it as a rumour of the marketplace. It’s all noise and no substance. She is satisfied with where she is in the Senate,” he said.
Igbokwe added that the party was still searching for Fashola’s successor and was not in a hurry to choose anyone for the position.
He said “We are still searching. Ruling Lagos is not a tea party. The moment Fashola was elected for this second term in office, the search started. To rule Lagos is more tedious than the Federal Government in Abuja. It is not a job for the small boys or the weak. It’s a job for somebody that is intelligent; somebody that is focused; somebody that is widely travelled; a strong person with courage, that can take the bull by the horns and get things done. The job is tasking, it is not for little-minded elements.
“The search is on, 2015 is still far away. The problem we have in this country is that we don’t search for leaders. We just pick anybody and give him an office that is higher than him. Such a person will not do anything, he will just drag that office to his level and that is why we are suffering.
“Leaders are searched for, especially when it comes to the presidency of any country. Somebody with antecedent; somebody with a track record of achievement; somebody that can put up something and stand by it; that is the kind of person we are looking for.”
Though Tinubu had in June denied having ambition to govern Lagos, the speculation has continued to spread.