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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised more infrastructures to enhance industrial development in Ekiti State if the people overwhelmingly vote and re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking during the party’s presidential campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, President Buhari said the APC-led Federal Government was committed to extending the newly redesigned Lagos-Kano railway line to pass through Ekiti State as a way of boosting the economy of the State.
Buhari who spoke of his government’s work on some federal roads in the state mentioned the efforts of his administration in boosting power generation across the country. He added that the fight against corruption would ensure that the nation’s resources are judiciously used.
A Crowd of All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters during the Ekiti State Presidential Campaign rally at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion, Ado-Ekiti today.
He thanked the people of the State for coming out en masse to welcome him and urged them to vote for him and the APC in the forthcoming general elections.
The Afenifere Group, led by Senator Ayo Fasanmi, which a week earlier had endorsed President Buhari’s candidacy also reinstated their resolve to work for the success of the President in the general election.
Senator Fasanmi, Chief Bisi Akande and Senator Bola Ajmed Tinubu, while addressing the crowd insisted that the Fasanmi-led Afenifere Group remained the authentic representatives of the Yoruba. They urged the Yoruba to disregard the other Afenifere faction which is in support of the PDP.
The leaders announced that the Fasanmi-led Afenifere is the authentic Afenifere. They supported the claim by making reference to all the elected governors of the Southwest states there. The presence of the majority of elected representatives at the rally was also used to authenticate the claim as they referred to the other Afenifere group as impostors that must be disregarded.
Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); President Mohammadu Buhari; and former Interim National Chairman, APC, Chief Bisi Akande during the President’s meeting with Ekiti Obas at the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday
While reiterating why the electorate should vote for the APC, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Buhari had kept faith with the pact he made with the people by serving them sincerely. He added that some of the projects being executed by the present APC government were budgeted for in the 16 years of the PDP leadership at the national level but were left undone.
Osinbajo noted that the highest earning from crude oil by Nigeria was between 2010 and 2014 but stated that there was nothing to show for it during the period.
He disclosed that the Federal Government is planning to increase N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1,500,000 as a way of reducing unemployment in the country.
In his remarks, Governor Kayode Fayemi urged Ekiti and Yoruba people in general to rally support for Buhari because the Southwest people are known as progressives and will always support the Vice President who is their kinsman.
Fayemi who recalled how Ekiti people voted for him in the July 14 governorship election which he won, said that his performance in the last 100 days was a call on the people to always remain firm supporters of the APC.
The governor assured the president of overwhelming votes.
“Ekiti people demonstrated the stuff they are made of. They kicked the PDP out of Ekiti. What we have done in the last 100 days has proved that Ekiti people have no choice but to stand with the APC in its agenda. What I get from community leaders is that they will reward us with votes come February 16. In the Southwest, Mr President, you can go and sleep because we are solidly behind you,” he said.
National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, said a vote for Buhari is a vote for integrity and development, adding that the PDP was only interested in plundering the nation’s treasury.