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Mr Agboola Ajayi who is the Ondo State PDP Governorship Candidate for the upcoming elections in has lamented that the state and its people have not fared well under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last eight years.
The PDP candidate had made this revealation at a media parley on Friday in Lagos.
He said that Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa and the APC governorship candidate for the November 16 gubernatorial election had not delivered on promises.
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Ajayi, a former Deputy governor in the state, said: “The primary objective of governance is the safety and welfare of the people.
“Any political party that deviates from this avowed principle of governance will definitely get it wrong and become a liability to the people. I have a clear vision of how to make it work.”
He said late Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu left many problems behind, and that those problems had worsened under Ayedatiwa, the former late governor’s Deputy, who took over after his demise.
“The Nov. 16 governorship election in the State therefore calls for serious consideration as this will determine, shape or mar the fortune of the State in the next four years,” he said.
Expressing disappointment in the conduct and outcome of the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo, Ajayi said democracy would not thrive where a simple exercise of election turned to imposition.
According to him, those who are constitutionally empowered to protect Nigerians and ensure that the right things are done during the election at every given time must not disappoint voters.
In other news, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu is presently hosting the Edo State governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, at the State House, in Abuja after a complimentary visit by the latter.
Okpebholo is being accompanied by the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and some of the governors elected on the platform of the party.
The governors on the entourage include the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Hope Uzodimma (Imo); Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara), Uba Sani (Kaduna), Usman Ododo (Kogi) and Dapo Abiodun, (Ogun).
Also on the entourage is the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, and the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu.
