President Mohammadu Buhari has appealed to Ekiti Obas to support him ahead of the February 16 Presidential election which he is contesting for a second term on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The President told the obas, led to the meeting at Ado Ekiti, the state capital by the chairman of the state council of traditional rulers, Oba Michael Oluwole Ademolaju: “I am here again to ask for your support which I usually get from you.”
He expressed gratitude to the traditional rulers for the support they gave to the APC in the state, which led to the election of Dr. Kayode Fayemi as governor of Ekiti State during the July 14, 2018 election in the state.
The President recalled that he had enlisted the support of the obas for the Governor, during his meeting with them few days to the election, and that they did not disappoint him as they supported his candidate and are still supporting the Kayode Fayemi administration in the state.
He assured them that Fayemi would perform creditably as Governor, having put up a good performance as Minister in his cabinet, adding that he is impressed by the Governor’s record of performance so far.
President Buhari, who cited the national railway line that was re-designed to ensure it passes through Ekiti State and the dualiasation of Ado-Ekiti- Akure road as some of the federal government projects in Ekiti State, said the state would benefit more in the next four years if voted in again as President.
In his welcome address, Governor Kayode Fayemi said that the APC-led government has a record of putting the people first, adding the people of Ekiti have alreay started enjoying the dividends of good governance in the past three months.
Dr. Fayemi said that regular payment of workers’ salaries and pensions was being given priority attention by his government in line with the President Buhari’s belief that workers should not be denied their wages under n circumstance.
Fayemi who said the Ekiti people fully embrace the change agenda said the party is busy working to ensure that it post 90 per cent of the votes for President Buhari in the February 16 election.
Governor Fayemi who also congratulated President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo over the latter’s escape from the helicopter crash attributed the Vice President’s escape to the fact that God has a purpose for his life.
The spokesperson for the traditional rulers and Ajero of Ijero-Ekiti, HRM Oba Adebayo Adewole, thanked the President for his developmental strides in Ekiti State including connecting the state to the national railway project, adding however, that the state would be expecting more in the next four years.
Specifically, the Oba Adewole urged President Buhari to appoint an Ekiti son or daughter to fill the state quota as minister in the federal cabinet.
Present at the meeting were the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osnbajo (SAN); Governors of Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ondo states. Others include the state deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi; deputy national chairman of the party and former Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; former Deputy Governor, Osun state, Otunba Iyiola Omisore.
