Government activities in Ekiti state were halted as the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO), unveiled his manifesto encapsulating his development agenda, as campaigns begin ahead of the June 18, governorship election.
Political office holders, civil servants and other top government officials shunned their offices as they all trooped to the venue of the event to listen to the Governor’s annoited candidate of APC in June election.
Even, the wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi who was billed to commission some projects at Ilejemeje Local Government and lay the foundation of the new Council Secretariat turned her back to attend the ceremony.
The event which held at the Adetiloye Hall of the state-owned Fountain Hotel, Ado-Ekiti, also featured a road show in mobilisation drive to create awareness to drum support for Oyebanji’s policies and programmes.
In his speech entitled “Together With You, Let’s Keep Ekiti Working” Oyebanji said the confidence reposed in him through APC’s party’s primaries on January 27 was one he held with a sense of responsibility and humility.
“I do not take for granted the over 100,000 party members who voted for me at the primary, and have continued to support our campaign in the last few months with dedication and passion. With your support, our victory at the polls is assured.
“I would like to assure you that your labour of love will never be in vain. As we commence our campaign journey today, I am sharing the ideas that have been carefully designed to keep our state working with you.
“These ideas have come from my interactions with various categories of Ekiti citizens at home and abroad.
“I have listened carefully to all that have been said to me, and I am deeply convinced that the task ahead is possible by God’s grace and with us working together.
“There is no magic wand to build our state, and the sustainable progress we want will not happen overnight. We have been on a long journey to reclaim our land and restore our values, it is now time to hunker down and sustain all our gains.
“That was why it is important that we encourage policies that keep the state working in partnership with our people.”
In his Six-Point development agenda, he listed youth development and job creation through micro, small and medium rnterprises (MSME) financing and support, digital skills, vocational skills, Ekiti Knowledge Zone and sports development, as important components of his agenda, while human capital development will also be given a priority, explaining that education, healthcare, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and social investment were the foundation for a productive workforce.
Other priority areas are education, water, sanitation and hygiene, healthcare, social investment, agriculture and rural development, infrastructure and industrialisation, arts, culture and tourism and governance, while he would ensure completion of the ongoing projects.
A proper scrutiny of the blueprint shows that it was similar to the one presented by Governor Kayode Fayemi in 2018 to the people of the state, confirming Oyebanji’s promise to step into the shoe of his godfather.
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