The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said if Ekiti people were united, they will be surprised at the high level of development the state will attain in the shortest possible time.
This is just as he said he is ready to give quarterly account of his stewardship to Ekiti leaders and charged them to also make other public office holders do same.
In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the governor was quoted to have said this in Lagos on Saturday at this year’s Ekiti Day organised by a social-cultural group, Ekiti Parapo, Lagos.
Fayose, who is the patron of the group, said Ekiti was endowed with quality human resources who could take it to a higher height, but political bitterness and division were hindering that.
He frowned at a situation where some people, for political reasons, would want to set the state on fire because they lost out in political contest.
“We cannot but appreciate Ekiti Parapo, Lagos for your vision to unite us as a people. When we are united, we will move mountain. The Bible says when we stay together we will achieve together. We need to unite Ekiti regardless of politics. Politics as it is being played in our state is peculiar. Whoever is leading our state has time and tenure but Ekiti interest is forever.
“Some people want some particular person to be the governor, but God rules in the affairs of men and you cannot query Him. My election was divine.
When God does things, He put signs and wonders to amaze you. How come I was returned to office exactly eight years after I was wrongly booted out of office?
“I encourage everybody in Ekiti to support me and when my tenure ends, I want a governor that will come after me to be somebody after God’s heart. I have not come to revenge whatever anybody has done against me or my interest. In less than one and a halfyears that I was re-elected, we have made impact despite the economic challenge in the state,” he said.
The governor urged Ekiti elders and leaders to ensure that politicians close ranks and put Ekiti interest first irrespective of their parties.
The Chairman of the occasion, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, said Ekiti State would only grow if the people wanted it to grow.
He charged them to build bridges of understanding across political divides and use what they have to get what they want.
The Special Guest of Honour, Maj.-General Adeyinka Adebayo (Rtd), said he identified with the group and prayed that the people would be more united.
In his welcome address, the President, Ekiti Parapo, Lagos, Chief Esan Ogunleye, decried attempts by some people to link them with political parties.
According to him, the group would always remain apolitical and focus on ways of developing the state instead of dabbling into politics.
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