Oyebanji urges voters to elect him for continuity
Ebun Emmanuel –May 7 292
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has said the governorship election in the state offers the people an opportunity to use their votes to cement continuity of good governance and defeat politics of retrogression.
Oyebanji also urged the electorate to cast their votes massively for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the January 2027 presidential election in appreciation of his immense support for the government and people of Ekiti State.
The governor who is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the June 20 governorship election in Ekiti State said no Nigerian leader has done as much as President Tinubu had done for Ekiti State, hence the state must contribute a high tally of votes that would contribute to his re-election.
He spoke on Thursday while addressing rallies in Ekiti East and Ayekire local government areas in continuation of his campaign tour round the state.
He added that frequent changes of ruling parties at election cycles negatively affected the growth and development of the state.
Oyebanji also restated his call for peaceful and violence-free election. He enjoined APC members not to be provoked into violence before, during and after the election for the victory to be sweet and remarkable.
The rallies which were turned into carnivals by party members and residents saw the governor receiving a rousing welcome in Omuo Ekiti and Ode Ekiti, the headquarters of the two council areas in appreciation of the projects implemented and restoring electricity to the axis after a blackout of over ten years.
The governor told the crowd that his administration has succeeded in fulfilling promises made to the people of the two council areas including putting an end to more than 10 years of blackout expressing readiness to work harder to consolidate on the gains achieved if he wins re-election at the polls.
A massive crowd of party supporters, community leaders, teachers, local government workers, artisans, market women and non-indigenes welcomed the Governor during the rallies and pledged their support for his re-election on June 20.
Speaking in Omuo Ekiti, Oyebanji said the lack of continuity in good governance, was occasioned by the single term syndrome.
He added that said the forthcoming election offers the people of Ekiti an opportunity to elect a governor back-to-back and put a stop to retrogression caused by instability in governance.
He said: “In less than a year, Ekiti State will clock 30 years since it was created and no government has won election back-to-back. If one government comes, it will introduce some policies within four years and when another government comes, rather than building on what is on ground, it will introduce something new and the state will have to start all over again.
“The problem of Ekiti State development has been lack of continuity in good governance, so June 20 offers us a platform to change that narrative once and for all. On June 20, Ekiti will rise up as a mass army to say enough is enough.
“Through our votes for APC, we must say no to politics of retrogression, to politics of underdevelopment, to politics that does not advance the cause of women, to politics that will take ten steps forward and 50 steps backward, all those will stop on June 20.”
Two prominent party leaders in Ekiti East, Senator Biodun Olujimi and Rt. Hon. Femi Bamisile canvassed support for re-election of Oyebanji on the strength of the impact of his administration in the axis.
Olujimi, the immediate past Senator for Ekiti South Senatorial District urged voters to repay the good done by the governor on election day and be faithful to the covenant to re-elect him back to office.
Bamisile, the incumbent member of House of Representatives for Ekiti South Federal Constituency 2, said the governor has become an adopted son of Ekiti East who must be re-elected because he has done well for the people.
Oyebanji also met with traditional rulers in the two local government areas and used the forum to solicit their support for his aspiration and administration.
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