By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State , Hon Alfred Agboola Ajayi was on Tuesday presented with certificate of return with a task to work hard to ‘mqake sure PDP takes Ondo State’.
The acting National Chairman of the PDP, Ambassador Umar Damagum, who presented the certificate to Hon. Ajayi at the party’s National headquarters in Abuja, reminded him (Ajayi) that he has a daunting task ahead of the governorship election.
Damagum advised the PDP governorship candidate to reach out to the six other aspirants who contested with him during the last Thursday’s PDP primary in Akure, the Ondo State capital,
to persuade them towards ensuring that they all work hard to make sure PDP takes Ondo State.
The PDP acting National Chairman said to Hon Ajayi, ‘Don’t take it for granted that most of your co aspirants have conceded to you. You need to do more to bring them on board so that you can complete this exercise.
“To complete this exercise is to win the state for PDP. It is not going to be an easy task, you have to start going from door to door”, he said.
Continuing, Damagum said, “At a time our opponents could not put their acts together, we, in the opposition, much was expected of us and we shamed them,?. We produced a candidate without a dissenting voice. It’s because of what we have put in place that has made this possible.
“During our stakeholders’ meeting, we agreed that all the aspirants must come from the South (Ondo South Senatorial district) and by the grace of God, that is what happened. This shows the preparedness of the party to take over Ondo State.
“Even from the last election, we knew that Ondo is PDP and from the stakeholders meeting and other engagements we were able to come out with a single candidate.
“The candidate you have a daunting task before you. Don’t take it for granted that most of your co aspirants have conceded to you”, he advised.
In his acceptance speech, the PDP governorship candidate for the Ondo State election, Hon Alfred Agboola Ajayi
promised to work towards winning the upcoming election with utmost dedication.
The forthcoming November 16th governorship election, according to Hon Ajayi, presents the PDP a unique opportunity to bring about real and sustainable development for the people of Ondo and the party, as the largest political party in Africa, is positioned to lead the transformational change.
According to him, “It is truly humbling, and I accept this responsibility and promise to carry out work towards winning the upcoming election with utmost dedication as we all embark on a new journey in service to our beloved Ondo State and our party the PDP.
“This election is a defining moment for us; It is about all of us coming together to chart a new course for Ondo State.
“It is about embracing our collective vision and aspirations for a better, more prosperous future, it therefore cannot be about me alone.”
