Ahead of next Saturday’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, stakeholders from the four local government areas in Akokoland have resolved to vote for the incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the primary.
This was disclosed by a chieftain of the party and a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Kolawole Babatunde, on Tuesday, who said members of the party have resolved to vote for Aiyedatiwa as their consensus candidate.
Babatunde who urged other contestants to step down for Aiyedatiwa ahead of Saturday’s primary election, saying the governor should be given the chance to develop the state.
Babatunde, popularly known as Amaechi, is the State Director of Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) said members of APC in the local government areas have embarked on a house-to-house campaign, to ensure support for Aiyedatiwa.
He said “While other contestants have the right to jostle for the party ticket along with Mr. Governor, we also reasoned that evident performance should not be downplayed in a contest pitching us against opposition political parties.
“Aiyedatiwa has in less than 100 days in office, performed so well as if he had spent three years in the saddle as can be confirmed from numerous development projects and human empowerment embarked upon so far.
“Consider the peaceful and chummy atmosphere across the state arising from the fact that the Governor is not owing workers’ salaries and aside from paying palliatives to civil servants to cushion the effects of economic hardship.
“Again, he has mobilised virtually all contractors back to the site and he is awarding fresh contracts bearing the various peculiarities of different communities, down to the grassroots.
“To cap it all, Governor Aiyedatiwa recently set aside over N2 billion to fend for peasant farmers, petty traders and other entrepreneurs in need of government support, in terms of soft loans and requisite inputs,” Babatunde applauded.
He added that the APC stakeholders in Akokoland took the position after due consultation with various interest groups and other opinion moulders within the party.
Besides, he said Governor Aiyedatiwa comes with an olive branch to receive all aspirants wishing to forego their ambition for the unity of the party, and the need for the continuity of the various good works he had initiated.
“The truth of the matter is that, nobody is a loser once there is consensus, as we all have the cutting edge, moving on with a united house in this campaign,” he stressed.
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