By Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) , Com. Adams Oshiomhole and the former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu , on Monday stormed Ekiti State to woo the labour leaders and
N’digbo living in the State to vote for the candidate of the party, Dr Kayode Fayemi in the July 14 governorship election.
While Oshiomhole led the team to canvass votes among the labour leaders, led by the former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour
Congress(NLC) , Ekiti chapter, Com Ayodeji Aluko, Kalu led the
delegation that met with members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo at a separate
meeting.
Present at the parley with Ndigbo are: Governors Ibikunle Amosun ,
Rotimi Akeredolu and Atiku Bagudu of Ogun, Ondo and Kebbi States
respectively.
Oshiomhole, former National President of the NLC, said the APC will
win this election not by intimidation but based on past records of
Fayemi’s government in the state
The former Edo State governor added that he has been told how PDP
had been intimidating the people over this election, saying he has
come to give assurances to workers that Fayemi won’t sack them.
“Our task as labour leaders is not to agonize but to have the will to
fight. I have not come to lament that Fayose has not paid workers, I
have come to give guarantee to the workers of Ekiti that their
welfare will be priority to us.
“Fayemi knows that if he doesn't perform esp for workers, I will box
him from Abuja.
Don’t be afraid, I am behind you and I will get whatever due for you
from Dr Fayemi if you convince your people to give him the votes”.
Kalu while addressing the Igbos resident in Ekiti said Fayemi has
promised to give financial supports to their businesses if elected
governor, the way he did in his first term.
He urged them to discountenance the hate speeches being peddled around
by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), labeling APC as anti-igbo and
Islamic party, describing these as attempts to smear the image of the
party.
Kalu said Fayemi remains the only person that can bring Ekiti out of
squalor, saying the present governor ,Mr Ayodele Fayose shouldn’t be
allowed to impose whom he described a ‘cowboy’ on the people.
The former Abia Governor added that from the look of things, the
candidate of the PDP, Prof Kolapo Olusola doesn’t possess the
credential and knack to be able to lead a complex state like Ekiti.
He said: “You have to vote for a man that is better equipped for the
job. Don’t listen to the rumour that APC is an Islamic party.
“When President Muhammadu Buhari came, he inherited a massively looted
economy. The PDP people were just going to the Central Bank of Nigeria
to collect money on the order of the then President.
“You know what it means for the CBN to be looted and that was why we experienced the economic recession when Buhari came and today we are
out of it.
“APC remains the best party for Ndigbo. I cannot be bribed by anybody
to deceive you. I would rather die than to deceive you because we are
one.
“President Buhari did the second Niger bridge. He had also awarded
many road contracts in the Southeast. Did former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, late Umaru Yar’Adua and Dr Goodluck Jonathan did all these?
“President Buhari might not have given us many appointments, but he
had performed for the Southeast in terms of facilities and public
utilities.
“If President Buhari is bad, I will be the first person to expose him.
Please, vote for APC in this election. Make sure you spread the gospel
and you will never regret it.
“He has promised to give you appointments in governments and give you
other supports and I know the promise shall be fulfilled”, he stated.
Fayemi assured that he would treat the Ndigbo and the workers with
dignity and honour if given the chance, promising to fulfill all
pledges made to these groups if given the mandate to govern Ekiti
again.
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