EKITI DECIDE 2018 : WE WILL LIBERATE EKITI FROM FAYOSE’S CULTURE OF BEGGARY, POVERTY – EDF
An aggressive empowerment campaign of Ekiti indigenes to break the hard biting poverty and culture of beggary brought by Governor Ayodele Fayose to the State has been embarked upon by a A non-governmental organization, Ekiti Development Front (EDF).
According to its Coordinator, Barrister Adeoye Aribasoye, the humanist organization said, no fewer than 150 Ekiti residents had been empowered in various fields of human endeavour in the first phase of the empowerment programme held in Ado Ekiti.
He added, that the beneficiaries received cash gift, Sewing Machines, Dryers, Compressors with complete engine for vulcanizers, and washing machines, grinding machines, Generators, Clippers, Cake mixers, Food stuffs – and social interventions like, Day old chicks and feeds, among others.
In his speech on Saturday at the second phase of the empowerment held in Ikole Ekiti, Aribasoye bemoaned how Fayose had successfully turned Ekiti into a beggarly state, describing this as a failure of governance.
Beneficiaries at the event got washing machines, sewing machines, stoning machines for fashion designers, and grinding machines, hairdressers, compressors/engines for vulcanizers, filling machines for shoe makers, generators, Day old chicks with feeds.
“We at EDF are ready to support anyone or group of persons interested in the development of our society. We shall not be deterred or lose focus on this”, he said.
He disclosed further that these passion and qualities were what the organisation saw in Dr. Fayemi which was why they are supporting his ambition because, “we have no doubt that if he wins the July 14, 2018 governorship in the State, he will restore he will ensure better life for the people of Ekiti”.
“This empowerment program by EDF will by the grace of God run weekly from now on for the next two months.
“You may ask why now, to every destination there must be a step, that step must be taken at a particular time and that step has been taken now and we won’t stop until we reach our destination and by the grace of God we shall get there.
“You may further ask, why then using same to support Dr. Kayode Fayemi? Kindly note, I have never hide my preference for JKF since 2005 I first heard about him. I have a strong conviction about his person and what he stands for.
“I saw his programs in his first tenure as governor of Ekiti State and I saw a man with passion for development in all ramifications. He is a man that sees tomorrow. His programs for the senior citizens by payment of ‘owoarugbo’ endears him to me just like other legacy projects in Ekiti State and I believe he can still do more. His visions are in tandem with EDF vision and objectives.
“We will continue to build men, to teach our people how to fish by supporting them in the areas of their skills.
“I see a better Ekiti where sufferings will be reduced, a society where we will understand that the greatness of a man is not in the amount of wealth he acquires but in the number of lives he is able to affect positively”
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