Ondo State PDP Governorship Candidate, Mr Agboola Ajayi, says the state and its people have not fared well under the ruling All Progressives Congress ,APC, in the last eight years.
The PDP candidate said this at a media parley on Friday in Lagos.
He said that Gov. Lucky Ayedatiwa and APC governorship candidate for Nov. 16 gubernatorial election had not delivered on promises.
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 on the people. I have a clear vision on how to make it works”.
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, shapen 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 that 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 election at every given time must not disappoint voters.
He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, and security agencies to allow vote of the people to count in the forthcoming election in Ondo.
Highlighting his agenda if elected, Ajayi said his vision was to transform Ondo State into a beacon of sustainable economic development.
Ajayi said that his intervention would cover modern infrastructure, efficient transportation, vibrant marine and blue economy, striving agriculture, robust industrialisation, quality education and affordable health care.
Ajayi said that his vision would capture comprehensive human development, adequate security, and other components of fundamental objectives and direct principles of state policy as captured in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
