By Musa Baba Adamu
Ahead of the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)in Ondo State, the immediate past deputy governor of the state, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, has asserted that he would emerge victorious at the contest.
Declaring his intention for the governorship seat on the platform of the PDP, Ajayi said he has the capacity and experience to keep “everybody busy and happy” as governor of the state.
While promising to build a railway system to link the coastal communities to Kogi State if elected as governor of the Sunshine State, Ajayi declared that the state has no business in building a seaport but to provide infrastructure in the riverine communities to attract private investors to invest in the project.
He said, “I understand how Ondo State can be governed and everybody will be happy. I understand what we need to revive the economy of this state. I understand how to run the state without relying on federal allocation. I can prove it to anybody. I understand where there is money in Ondo State.
“I understand how our elderly people can get what they are due for after retirement. I know how to engage the youths.
“I know how to secure the society and I know that the economic activity of Ondo is best in the construction of a road to link the riverine areas. If we do that, we will decongest Lagos State.
“What they have in Lagos is a small portion of what we have in Ondo State. We have the longest coastline in West Africa. We don’t need a port in Ondo for now. Private investors will come and build the port if the necessary infrastructure is put in place.
“What we need is to construct a road to the sea. Agagu started it and the road terminated at Ugbonla. By now that road would have been taken to Ayetoro.’’
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