KolaLawal:AGrassrootPoliticianonTrackforOgun2019Governorship
Relentless in his efforts to clinch the 2019 Ogun State Governorship ticket, Kolawole Lawal Mobolorunduro (aka KLM), an Ogun West indigene and the current Ogun State Commissioner for Forestry, seems to be getting it right, as he is in touch with the grass
Lreceived by the APC party chieftains and supporters. The date was Sunday, October 24, 2019, at Citi Hall, Ibadan road, Imowo, Ijebu Ode. With his rousing welcome into Ijebuland, KLM is optimistic that the people of Ogun East are truly behind him. Ogun East executives and five leaders drawn from the nine local governments that make up the district - Alhaji Folorunsho Elias (Ogun East Senatorial District Chairman); State Party Secretary, State women leader, Ogun East Senatorial youth leader, Ogun East Senatorial women leader, Local Government party chairmen and executive chairman of the Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) - took turns to appraise the aspiration of the Ogun West Governorship aspirant. In the opinion of the leaders and elders of the party, KLM is a grassroot politician with a quality pedigree to lead a complex state like Ogun, come May 29, 2019.
KLM hails from Eyo Quarters, in Oke-Odan, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. He is a strong member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oke-Odan Ward, in Ifekowajo Local Council Development Area (LCDA). Born 55 years ago, KLM is a product of humble background.
His foray into the partisan-politics was informed by his community service and philanthropic antecedents which have thrown him up for recognition, and that underscores his grassroots connection and relevance at his home town. In his determination to touch as many lives as possible, KLM took a giant leap into the philanthropic world, thus, giving hope and succour. He founded “Aseele Labowaba Foundation” to enable him spread the tentacles of his generosity across the three senatorial districts in Ogun State. The foundation has been involved in many lifesaving and transforming projects in the entire Ogun State.
On a state-wide scale, KLM has made a great impact in brightening the future of the youths of the state. He has secured academic pursuit of a reasonable number of indigent and/or brilliant students in secondary schools across the state through the provision of scholarship awards and mass distribution of exercise books and other writing materials and this has formed an integral part of his philanthropic programmes.
He had 20 years stint with ExxonMobil Producing Unlimited where he rose to the management executive cadre.
KLM is a tested and an experienced politician. He once took a shot at the governorship race in 2011 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but lost during the primary.