BARRISTER BAYO SHITTU CAMPAIGN TEAM FLAGS OFF: " By God's grace I'm ready to contest in 2019, as the Governor of Oyo State but do not want to contest for the fun of it yet with the experience I had gathered politically for forty-years so, you can't compare this with anybody's, I'm confident that we would be there by the grace of God Governor Ajimobi will raise my hand to signify this and it is God that will do it"-Barrister Bayo Shittu.

On the 2nd of July was a memorable day for all the friends, admirers, fans, supporters and family-members of the Honourable Minister of Communication Alhaji/Barrister Bayo Shittu who had waited thus far to hear from the horses's mouth; the barrister himself on some of the steps, decisions and moves they had expected him to acquaint them with, in respect of his aspiration to contest among other intending aspirants, for the Oyo State gubernatorial position come 2019 election, when the No1 seat would have been vacant for whosoever among the aspirants, to occupy through the election and the votes of the electorates.
 This they felt relieved of if for nothing but to shut up the mouths of the Minister's opponents and political rivals, that were thought to have been trading in politics of calumny against the candidature of the Honourable Minister Bayo Shittu, who suggestively being castigated in various ways veritably from some of his vestiges or vagaries of his style of life, prepositional attributes and religious status.
 But promptly to time and purposefulness of his agelong attitude to criticism and his apt calculation to responding to such ; he seized the occasion to highlight on some of his achievement thus far as a Minister of Communication, his gubernatorial ambition, vision mission and plans by reminiscing on what make him qualify, thick, eligible and the best candidate for the most exaltable position of No1 citizenship of the Oyo State government come 2019 election, after the electorates might have cast their votes, which he confidently reiterated that he had got the knock and endorsement of the incumbent Gover Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State.
 The event started well with throng of people being present at his residence located within Aerodrome Area of Samonda, Bodija Ibadan.And simply put the meeting commenced with some rendition to express gratitude to God, for making the day a reality hence, after prayer was observed and the national anthem recited; Barrister Bayo Shittu began with microphone in his hand, to address the teeming crowd reasons, objectives and his goal, here he started unwinding on his stewardship thus far as the Honourable Minister of Communication with the array of what he had achieved, enumerating thus " By the value of the news and breaking flashes of the headlines from some media and pages of the newspapers, with their expositions atleast I have been the most prominent Minister on coverage, regarding the different news of the ICT; Information Communication Technology development and the laudable initiatives of the Federal Government hence, Information Communication Technology contributes a lot to perennial and cultural development of any nation aside the fact that it enhances educational, commerce and industrial development.
 In my track record atleast almost fifteen conferences I had been fortunate to attend and there are two presently on the agenda for this month of July, for me to deliberate, discuss and negotiate on the transfer of the value of the ICT to Nigeria , for example Indian business men had promised to institute an investment of four billion naira in Nigeria before the end of the year 2017, when the benefit would be greatly manifesting , if well coordinated so Information Communication Technology can be definitively adopted, adapted and aligned to establish national development and lest I forget  this experience I would use to improve upon the economic development of the Oyo State if voted in as the overwhelming candidate and winner of Gubernatorial position in Oyo State come 2019 election.
 Before my ministerial appointment half a million telephone lines were not mobile which are permanently instituted inside your houses as table-phones and yet you go to NITEL to phone either locally or internationally,which within two minutes it had cost indebted you of two thousand naira but with Olusegun Obasanjo's initiative on GSM which came in promptly at the right time to cushion the pain, problems and placate the aggrieved majority members of the country as citizens of this great nation; Nigeria, came in the introduction of GSM courtesy Olusegun Obasanjo,with his effort and my built-ups came One hundred and fifty three million lines, though there are challenges on it as Oyo township to Saki; there is connectivity problems but plan is underway to rectify this, with the erection of many masts,so there would be nowhere that there willbe connectivity problem again.
    NIPOST is under us with stamp sales,posting activities but then it took one week,two or more weeks to reach the aimed destination which is very disappointing and discouraging but with GSM; it had been rectified especially considering Whatsapp, SMS, Emails on texting and sending message  promptly yet we are trying to improve with more telephone lines to further help E-commerce; before it took us pain and cost more to go to Maiduguri before we can do anything on E-commerce meant for the are but now from Lagos precisely and exactly you can buy, do everything about E-commerce, bargain while they promptly bring your goods to your doorstep from anywhere you order it from without being there yourself.
 Yet we don't want left unused the NIPOST post offices in almost One thousand and seven hundred spreading withinwithin Nigeria unused hence with NIPOST; E-commerce we can do better by helping people.
 On NIPOST E-Government Service- we arrived at the fact as all members of the citizenry scramble to obtain International Passport and since in each state only one passport issuance office we have under Immigration and it is causing more problems,for some people from the hinterland of far within the region ,to leave where they reside for the cities where some of these passport offices are located  , for example some people from Saki coming often as mandated by the immigration officers of passport office, it would cause more problems so in order to reduce the problems for those people applying for International Passport from these offices located at the cities,we arrived at an arrangement for these applicants going to post offices NIPOST near them in the villages of far from the cities, to fill their forms for the International Passport issuance or obtainance ,as the case may be instead of going through  the problems of coming to the cities ,from that distant places of theirs . And within a week he or she gets his or her passport after the whole process of the officialdom offilling had been completed.
 What about the Information Communication Technology for Youth Learning, this is to impart to the youth for them to understand and obtain the skill,to be self-employed so already One center is already established at Oke-Ogun Polytechnic Saki to be precise,with two hundred and fifty million being spent by the Federal Government.
 While another two of this type to be established in Ibadan because of Ibadan largeness so Governor Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi has given us some adequate piece of land to do it.
 In Nigeria with the seven hundred and four local governments courtesy the Federal Government we had introduced the idea of adapting the post offices to do bank work, here NIPOST departments to do Community Bank job in the alternative,so we call it NIPOST-BANK.
  On NIPOST Property and Development Plan- we have arranged to make sure some unused lands of the NIPOST would be lease to some companies for hundred years and to be developed as Community Settlement,where all communal infrastructure would be made available to enhance good living condition,for the settlers.
 NIPOST Transport and Logistic Service-With this we have arranged to commercialize some NIPOST unused vehicle which can be adapted and adopted to transport goods and convey people or commuters,for profit purposes,this would serves as succour, to the problem of transportation for the less-privileged and the downtrodden.
 To go personally I have been sinking at-least three motor-driven borehole each,in each local government which is to go round the thirty-three local governments in Oyo State  which I had already started with Saki and Iseyin local governments having theirs;three boreholes each, while Oluyole local government and Ibadan North local government are next this month of July.It is not the government that is doing this  but I'm personally doing it.
 To digress a bit from my personal contribution to the development of my society suffice I stress further that among the many good plans of the Federal government for the benefit of the citizenry alsoare
 School Knowledge Center;a smallette of the Information Communication Technology Centre for the students in Oyo State ,which we had built seven of it with the expectation to build more before the end of the year .
 ICT as termed otherwise denotedly thus Instructive /Destructive Technology because of the constant change of its creativity as it is notably practiced  and experienced in India hence we are planning to adopt the template for beneficial development .
 Another in the pipeline is the Information Communication Technology University of Nigeria, which would by God's grace take off in September this year 2017 while Kano, Yola, Enugu, and Delta are already penciled down to be areas of location, while the acting Vice Chancellor for each University of this type pegged down to the locations is underway,to be employed , this I'm assuring you that the University would be first of its kind in Africa.
 However back to my plans for the Oyo State Local Government on three boreholes each permit me to stand on the previous explanation I gave earlier to sink three boreholes each ; in each local government with three each being sank at Saki and Iseyin while that of Oluyole and Ibadan North local government are underway this month of July with prompt plans to be consistent in bringing it manifest-able,in other local governments in Oyo State sooner than later .
 However, the effect of Poverty in our society had induced many into expecting more from the Federal Government and especially in Oyo State people expected quick transformation through us and with God my salary which is not up to a million naira if shared among my teeming supporters cannot go round not talking of the whole citizenry of the state but my prayer is that the grace of being fortunate enough to have seen the good faceof God in my appointment as one of the Minister under President Muhammed Buhari should be the major supplication and prayer by everybody to have through God's mercy rather than rely on me solely.
 Meanwhile, seven scholarship I'd given to some students for Master-Degree  and six under-graduates I'm also sponsoring while seven kidney problematic patients I have sent oversea for surgery yet I'm influencing some applicants employment into some communicationcompanies.
 In Igbo Ora I have influenced the establishment of a Police Secondary School which could had been abandoned as a white elephant project but I came in by intervention to actualize its establishment and the is actively operating till date .
 With M-power computer degree I promised to the applicants that any reliable evidence they give I shall do to work on it to actualize the success of their engagement.
 With these aforementioned array of some of my achievement I beg to apologize that if any Federal honourable does better on this than I well, I should hereby and emphatically stated thus that since I'm just on a ministerial appointment with a stipulated amount of salary I may not do better than them or surpass them any waybut given the opportunity to become the Governor of Oyo State come 2019 I shall surprise and do better to improve upon the standard of living of my people extra-ordinarily .
 My political policy is not by accident as I started politics in 1978,I alone politically was the only one that had an opportunity to have deliberated and related with Chief Obafemi Awolowo when he came toOke-Ogunto scout for any promising but politically talented child fromthe region so afterwards I went toPark-Lane to see him hence we formed Committee of Friends which metamorphosed to be UPN in 1978 I was the youngest member of the Oyo State House of Assembly .
 In 1983 when government changed to favour the indigene in Oyo State when Governor Omololu Olunloyo came into rein of governance I was chosen asa Commissioner for Internal Affair and Culture yet I was still made Commissioner under Governor /Senator Rashidi Ladoja .
 As an experienced politician I'mcertified to be knowledgeable ,pragmatic with adequate expertise ,takl of judiciary;I was once member of judicial of Oyo State for forty-years so among those that are aspiring to be Governor in Oyo State come 2019 election none of themhas this same experience I had.
 In 2011  I contested for Gubernatorial position in Oyo State under CPC but not chosen but later I was chosen as the Minister for Communication  some years after so I I had gained experience to discuss with people and influential but distinguished stalwarts within the state ,to fathom what to do to favour mypeople's betterment if I'm voted in as Governor of Of Oyo State come 2019 election yet If I retired as the Honourable Minister of Communication I'm self-fulfilled.
 By God's grace I'm ready to contest in 2019 as the Governor of Oyo State but do not want to contest for the fun of it yet with the experience I had gathered  politically for forty-years so you can't compare this with anybody's ,I'm confident that we would be there by the grace og
f God; Governor Ajimobi will raise up my hand to signify this and it is God that will do it, now is the time for work,let us see ourselves as the members of armed forces,to take charge of the Oyo State come 2019