Oyebanji’s flyover is misplaced priority, says PDP’s guber aspirant
07 January 2025 |
3:22 am
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ekiti, Dr Peter Obafemi, has described Governor Abiodun Oyebanji’s flyover initiative as a misplaced priority.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ekiti, Dr Peter Obafemi, has described Governor Abiodun Oyebanji’s flyover initiative as a misplaced priority.
In a statement after a meeting of Ekiti indigenes in Lagos on Sunday, Obafemi said development initiatives in the state should not lack purpose. The aviation executive, in the statement made available to journalists, yesterday, said the flyover at the Okeyinmi-Ijigbo roundabout in Ado-Ekiti, lacked strategic initiative that could spur industrialisation in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP governorship aspirant said the state should not be made to head for the woods for lack of focus. He said those on whom society had placed on their shoulders the responsibility to stand up for justice had suddenly lost their voices.
“Yes, the elite seem to have been hounded into compulsory silence and the lawmakers appear to have retreated to slumber land.”
“Ekiti, the fountain of knowledge and land of honour is laboriously gasping for breath,” Obafemi said. He urged stakeholders “to respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people.
“The goal is to restore the dignity and worth of our dear state and strive to see the dividends of good governance trickle down to our people at the grassroots,” he added.
The PDP governorship aspirant called for special attention to agriculture and farmers. According to him, Ekiti must continue to build the economy, attracting local and foreign investors and opening economic windows for their own people like other states in the South West.
Obafemi, the Ikole-Ekiti-born businessman-turned-politician, said instead of “celebrating unproductive project”, Oyebanji must concentrate more on service delivery to meet the needs of Ekiti people.
“Enough of the brawl over flyover. Governor Oyebanji should please consult widely, create jobs, woo investors, engage youths, pay pensioners on time, build industries and revive old ones.
“The governor must give attention to agriculture, expand investment in education, give a little thought to the health sector, fulfil your job promises and fear God,” Obafemi said.
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