All Progressives Congress (APC)
governorship aspirant in Ekiti State,
Dr. Adebayo Orire, has expressed regret that there is no good governance
in the state which has reduced the people’s standard of living.
Orire, a medical doctor of over
thirty years, said Ekiti has not witnessed development in the last three years
that Governor Ayo Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been in
power.
He accused Fayose of reducing
governance to comedy with policies like stomach infrastructure in which residents
queue in the sun to collect small bags of rice and slices of cake.
Orire expressed shock with the
governor’s decision to give Christmas clothes to 20,000 children at a time
their parents are being owed between six and nine month arrears of salaries.
The aspirant, who is also the
Publicity Secretary of Ekiti APC Elders’ Forum, maintained that Fayose and PDP
have failed the people of the state hence the need to look in the direction of
his party for salvation.
The APC chieftain described
himself as the best man for his party’s ticket and the governorship seat having
stayed at home and using medicine to touch the lives of the people for the past
37 years.
If given the mandate to rule the
state, Orire, who hails from Ikoro-Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area in Ekiti
Central Senatorial District, promised to use mechanized agriculture to turn
around the state economy.
Orire promised to plant 100
million cocoa seedlings and 50 million palm trees in four years to generate
employment for the people and foreign exchange into the coffers of the state.
The aspirant also pledged to give
N1 million each to 1,000 traders and artisans in four years to grow their
businesses and breathe life into grassroots economy.
Orire said massive investment in
commercial mechanized agriculture and small, medium and large scale industries
will reduce poverty and culture of begging being witnessed under the PDP
government.
Speaking on his credentials to
lead, he said: “I have been in this state since 1980 practising medicine. I
have always been around, nobody can be more home-based than me and I have
passion for Ekiti development.
“I have invested time, emotion,
money and resources and besides these, I have integrity, honesty of purpose and
gentle approach to issues. I have passion for Ekiti issues, my investments are
here.”
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Governance failure started with APC. So Oga don't blame Fayose. At least he is sharing bags of rice and slice of cake plus buying Christmas cloth for 20,000 children. That is dividend of democracy. But APC, what did they bring, lies, deceits, propaganda and blame game. Leave the only man standing alone. Ekiti people are not complaining.
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