By; OLADELE ADEDAYO, Ado-Ekiti
As the Ekiti State Gubernatorial election slated for July 14 this year draws nearer,Governor Ayodele Fayose has predicted that his Deputy,Prof. Kolapo Olusola would have a landslide victory at the polls.
Fayose said his unique political ties with Ekiti electorate and his outstanding performance as a governor would make the victory easy as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The governor also said his government has achieved so much in the area of education owing to the fact that all critical stakeholders in the sector are in collaboration with government, assuring that Olusola
will not deviate from the path he and policies he has instituted in the sector.
Meanwhile, the PDP has not conducted its primary but the governor has anointed Olusola as his preferred candidate, which had pitted him against the Minister of Works, Dayo Adeyeye, Senator Biodun Olujimi and other contenders in the party.
Fayose spoke in Ado-Ekiti during an interaction with stakeholders in
education sector,which included Parents Teachers’ Association(PTA),
teachers and the Ministry of education.
At the occasion,Fayose was invested as the Grand Patron of National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, Ekiti chapter.
Fayose,who officially presented Olusola to the stakeholders said:
“Deputy governor Olusola’s victory will be easiest in the country’s
political history , because I have not deviated from the ideals that
people considered to bring back in 2014.
He said Ekiti was ranked 35th when he came in NECO in 2014 and that he has been able to bring the result to first position in 206 and 2017
through series of motivations for teachers.
“But let me say this, your victory is not in the hands of politicians,I have even told those around me. It is in the hands of Ekiti people,I mean the electorate.
“Ekiti people are very resolute people. If they say they don’t want
you that is the end. If they like you, you will see it. If they hate you,they won’t hide it, so you can see that they like me with the way they have been relating with this government.
“You will see how they will help you on the day of election. You will
see how they will vote and stand by their votes”, Fayose assured his
deputy.
Assuring his deputy that the victory has become a fait accompli,Fayose said: “Don’t worry yourself about your victory, you had already
won.
“Whay you should concern yourself with is how to lead this people the
way I have been doing”,he said.
Fayose advised the federal government to forget about shame and partisanship and come to Ekiti and learn how he had been able to
overcome the menace of herdsmen and how the state had been coming
first in public examinations like NECO in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
“These APC government is devilish. They said they have routed Boko
Haram but they kept killing people on daily basis. They should forget
about enmity and come to Ekiti and learn the proper art of governance”.
Earlier,the PTA Chairman in Ekiti State,Mr. Samuel Adeola Osadare,
promised that all the stakeholders will continue to partner with
government to make Ekiti the cynosure of all eyes in the education
sector.
