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Ekiti governorship race: We will add value to people’s lives- Segun Oni

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Former governor of Ekiti state, Chief Segun Oni

The former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, has joined the governorship race of Ekiti state which election will hold in 2022.

At the PDP National Secretariat on Monday, the former governor submitted his nomination and expression of interest forms for the Ekiti State governorship election scheduled for June 18, 2022.

Speaking at the event, Segun Oni spoke about the achievements of his then administration despite many distractions at the time.

“We brought value to governance and honour to leadership. Notwithstanding the distractions and cogs mounted to halt the wheel of our journey at the time, we made outstanding gains. Under our watch, Ekiti was a cynosure of good governance and efficient government,” Oni said.

He further said that his administration was the best the good people of Ekiti had ever experienced.

“We brought our state to national reckoning. Unfortunately, this may not be the case today for the civil servants, farmers, traders, women, youth and people living with disabilities.

“Our administration remains the best experience they have had in terms of a people-driven government, incorruptible leadership and open government. The good people of Ekiti State are still earnestly yearning for our return”.

“The promise of a state where no one is left behind and in which we will seek the forgotten and cater to their needs is our covenant with the people.

Chief Segun Oni further said that his party, PDP, is united as family and also assured the party of his commitment to working with all members.

“Our mantra has been fellowship building among party members since we started this journey. We introduced the PDP Family Initiative to bring all sides together under one big and purposeful umbrella.”

“We want to assure our party that we will always work with all stakeholders and members. We have done so before and we will do it again and even better. It is a testament to who we are.”

“Today, we make bold to say that we are back and even better! The people are with us, so we are on course and ready!”

The former governor also said that his administration did not get the chance to complete a lot of things, therefore, he will start from where he left off.

“There are a lot of things we did not take to conclusion. We will have an opportunity now of doing justice to them. So, we are going to start where we left, but we will take the state further down to a new terrain where we will be able to add value, much more value to the lives of the people.”

“We believe that Ekiti State must be creative, innovative and must bring to the table a lot of new ideas that will further excite the democratic field in Nigeria. We are getting ready to do exactly that.”

He also said that his administration will invest heavily into agricultural value chains.

“We want to do more investment in ethanol so that we will further lengthen the chain and get the optimal returns from the cassava we grow.

“We are still going to return to some of these ideas to see whether we can still run them profitably so that when we produce, not just for human consumption, we can produce for processing and get better values from the chain.

“So, agriculture will always get our attention not just to produce what to cook and put on the table, but to be able to see how far we can go along the chain to add very serious values.“

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