Ilaje stakeholders meet, promise vote harvest for Akeredolu/ Ayedatiwa ticket.
– Steve Ovirih.
A massive vote harvest for All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming Governorship election in Ondo State has been assured. Indication that the people of Ilaje will vote en mass for the return of the incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu emerged at a stakeholders meeting recently held at The Williams Event Center, Igbokoda.
Aside members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who attended the meeting, other prominent Ilaje sons and daughters , who are concerned about the growth of Ilaje nation were in attendance. Some of the Ilaje bigwigs at the event were the Deputy Governorship candidate of APC, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, Chief Olusola Oke (SAN), Hon. Gbenga Edema ( OSOPADEC Chairman), Chief Funso Esan, Commissioner for the Environment, Hon . Goke Jatuase, Chairman Ilaje Local Government Council, Mr. Raphael Bosun Adegboye, Party Chairman, Ilaje Local Government; Dr. Taye Malumi, and many more.
Chief Olusola Oke (SAN) at the parley told Ilajes that the Ondo Guber poll in October speaks to the future of Ondo South Senatorial District and more importantly the future of Ilaje nation. ” My good people of Ilaje, we must realise that a great opportunity beckons and we must seize this opportunity with both palms spread as missing this opportunity will not bode well for Ilaje. Therefore, it behoves us to see the October 10th election as our golden opportunity to make a gradual pace towards realising a life long dream, ” Chief Oke noted.
Earlier in his speech, one of the great sons of Ilaje nation, Dr. Taye Malumi had appreciated Gov. Akeredolu for his resolve to make an Ilaje his Deputy Governorship candidate. ” It is praiseworthy that Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has chosen an Ilaje son, Lucky Aiyedatiwa as his running mate. I have no doubt that both of them are going to have a lucky run and emerge victorious at the poll come October, 2020.
In his remark , the APC party Chairman in Ilaje, Hon. Bosun Adegboye said all hands must be on deck as there is need for massive canvassing for votes ahead of the poll. He said party men and women must meet regularly and reach out to the hinterlands for voter education and to solicit people’s vote for Gov Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa’s joint ticket.
The running mate of Governor Akeredolu in the October poll, Hon.Lucky Aiyedatiwa thanked all the attendees , noting that he is very impressed with the turn out of Ilaje stakeholders at the meeting. Aiyedatiwa said the desire of the people of the southern senatorial district to have a go at the Governorship seat after the successful second tenure of Gov. Akeredolu looks more real now, therefore his Ilaje kit and kin should see the second term bid of Governor Akeredolu as their collective project which success must not falter.
Hon. Aiyedatiwa, who has just completed his tour of duty as the Representative of Ondo State on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), implored all the progress loving people of Ilaje to join hands and give Gov. Akeredolu their bulk votes in the forthcoming Guber poll. He said, “as far as the coastal communities of Ilaje are concerned, we cannot take chances with our votes on October 10th because the government of Akeredolu is opening up Ilaje to Deep sea port project that will buoy our economy and thereby improve our standard of living.”
