Odusina has called on residents of Ogun State to support her bid to become the state’s first female governor, arguing that the time has come to break the long-standing barrier to a woman occupying the office.
She made the appeal on Sunday during a visit to All Saints Anglican Church in Kemta-Kobiti, Abeokuta, as part of consultations ahead of the governorship election. She was accompanied by the NDC deputy governorship candidate, Hon. Adeyemi Yunus Adesina, and asked worshippers for their prayers and backing.
The church engagement followed a visit two days earlier to the Ansar-U-Deen Central Mosque, where she also sought the support of Muslim men and women. The meetings form part of her outreach to religious communities across Ogun State.
Speaking to the congregation, Odusina urged members to stand behind her candidacy and help end what she called the jinx preventing a woman from emerging as governor. She asked residents to support her effort to achieve that change.
The United States-based medical doctor said she entered the race because she wants to improve people’s lives and assured voters that she would not let them down if elected.
She said her service to Ogun residents began well before her decision to seek the governorship. Odusina recalled organising medical outreaches that provided free treatment and medicines, including an initiative in Ake, Abeokuta, where she met beneficiaries individually. She said such programmes had been running since 2007 and that she had made substantial contributions to humanity in Ogun State and beyond.
“I am a woman, a doctor and a mother,” she said, describing the medical interventions she had undertaken before declaring her interest in the election.
The NDC candidate also asked church members to communicate her message to other residents and encourage them to vote for her. She said men had previously occupied the position, but promised to exceed expectations if voters gave her the opportunity to govern.
Odusina said her programme for Ogun would place residents’ welfare at its centre. She maintained that government should not measure progress only through construction projects while people face hunger and hardship. “Building roads means little when people are hungry and suffering,” she said, adding that Ogun was “in darkness” and that she had come to bring light to the state.
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