The Gubernatorial candidate of the PDP for the November 16 Governorship election in Ondo State, His Excellency Agboola Alfred Ajayi has revealed that an agency for the development of rural communities would be established under his watch as Governor.
Speaking at the Hall of the Palace of Osemawe Kingdom yesterday when he paid a courtesy visit to the paramount ruler of Ondo Kingdom, Oba ( Dr) Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo during the campaign tour of the PDP to Ondo West Local Government Area, the candidate said an agency called Forest Community Development Agency (FCDA) would be put in place for the main purpose of developing the rural communities in Ondo State.
He said the rural communities in Ondo State must be developed to make it more attractive and competitive with the urban areas of the state so that the rural communities can also enjoy what is obtained in most towns in Ondo State.
“We must develop our rural communities so that the rural to urban drift could be curtailed for the agricultural and industrial growth of Ondo State, we must make them comfortable to contribute their quota to our programmes of development ” Agboola Ajayi emphasis .
The Gubernatorial candidate also used the opportunity to reel out his seven points agenda to the people which includes strengthening the security architecture in the state for the safety of the citizens of the state, free education from Primary School to Secondary School in Ondo State among other good policies he has for the development of people.
Agboola Ajayi also implored the paramount ruler to please appeal to all candidates and all political parties to play the rule by the game and allow for a free and fair election because it will not be a pleasant situation if one party intends to obviously introduce rigging and other illegal means into the election .
“Kabiyesi, we are all your sons, call us together and appeal to us to please play the game by the rules, there should not be shifting of the goal post during the match.”
The PDP Gubernatorial Candidate who said he sees his coming to Ondo town as an homecoming because of his affiliation to the kingdom said he should be accepted by the Kabiyesi and others in the town as one of them.
While embarking on a campaign walk round the town and market, it was a spontaneous response from the people of the town as they came out in large numbers to identify with the party and the candidate.
The PDP campaign team later visited Ayeyemi Street in Ondo town among other streets the campaign team visited, the candidate later met with residents of Ayeyemi Street where he promised that the state government under his watch would find lasting solutions to the various problems bedeviling the community within a very short time if he becomes the Governor .
The jubilant supporters and the crowd promised to respond with their votes on Nov 16 by voting out the APC .
Some of the PDP leaders who accompanied the PDP Gubernatorial Candidate on the campaign train include, Chairman of the PDP Gubernatorial Campaign Council, Olorogun Eddy Olafeso, Hon Clement Faboyede,
Ondo State PDP Chairman, Rt Hon Bakita Bello, Central, Deputy Director General PDP Gubernatorial Campaign Council Hon Akinsoyinu and all members of the state working committee of the party. , among others.
