Bamidele said in a statement, on Sunday, that Governor Fayose had “paved the way for Fayemi to win the election on the premise that many of the towns that gave the governor votes in the June 21, 2014 governorship election have not benefitted any democratic dividend since the advent of the present government.”
Bamidele, in the statement by his media aide, Ahmed Salami, said: “the fact that Fayemi was able to spread the democratic goodies across 133 towns while superintending over the state, has reduced the campaign burden and broaden his chances to have a resounding victory in the election.”
The statement added that Bamidele stated this in a message sent to APC governorship candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, signposting his support to the party’s electioneering campaign held in Iyin Ekiti on, Sunday.
He urged Ekiti people “to embrace the new light Fayemi represents and key into the vision being pioneered by APC to reclaim the state from those that are pillaging the people’s commonwealth.”
According to him, “when the present government in Ekiti came, it came on the popular will of the people and committed itself to citizens’ charter to make Ekiti better than they experienced under Fayemi. Today, the situation has degenerated tremendously to the extent that people now beg to live.
“I am one of those who has avowed and unwavering belief in the fact that there is no excuse in governance. Dr Fayemi experienced a shortfall in the revenues accruing to Ekiti and yet he did his best across all the towns while he also developed human capital via programmes like: Social Security Scheme, Youth in Agriculture, Youth Volunteer Corps, Peace Corps, Ekiti State Traffic Management Agency, among others.
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“They complained that Dr Fayemi borrowed money from the capital market to achieve those things, all the projects executed under Governor Fayose were financed through loans that had accumulated to the tune of N56 billion today.
“To me and other discernible Ekiti, no excuse in governance and our people are now doing their comparative analyses based on how they fared under the two governments and they have realized that governance is about proper planning and not for those who were fond of running impulsive policies.”
Bamidele saluted Fayemi for reposing confidence in him, even while on the sick bed by retaining him as the campaign Director General, saying he was quite elated to be part of those that would wage the war that will set Ekiti free and put it on a faster track of economic development.”
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