No fewer than 200 All Progressives Congress (APC) groups at the weekend merged in Akure, the Ondo State capital, in support of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, ahead of the November 16 governorship election.
The groups, now under the aegis of Lucky Aiyedatiwa Support & NGO Group (LASUG), affirmed at a meeting in Akure that they had taken time to assess the governor within 10 months in office and found him reliable enough to totally transform Ondo State within four years.
Addressing members, the LASUG Convener, Chief Alex Ajipe, remarked with enthusiasm that despite that over 200 groups were officially registered, they were still counting in registration.
“This is a clear demonstration of the fact that Mr. Governor has been bending, working for the people, knowing full well that his ascension to the position of Governor is by divine design and he cannot afford to fail.
“What else can we say other than to look at several road projects, regular payment of wages to public workers and retirees alike, and financial grants of over N2bn to several residents of the state, among others?
“Indeed, according to the name of Mr. Governor, Ondo State is Lucky to make him continue the good works, from where our late former Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) stopped ; thus bringing his unique ideas on board,” Ajipe applauded.
Complementing him, Co-convener for the new group, who is also the Convener for Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC), Dr. Dipo Okeyomi, said he was enthralled that Aiyedatiwa recently empowered “people who never dreamt of getting close to government, through political appointments.”
“What many people fail to realise is that the 344 appointees recently named are your nextdoor neighbours respectively; you can hold their collar regarding your needs; and for sure, your requests will get to the governor because they work with him.
“His stuff of inclusive governance is unprecedented in the history of Ondo State,” Okeyomi, popularly known as Carry Go, commended.
In his remarks, the Special Assistant to Ondo State Governor on Hausa Matters, Alhaji Gonia Garuba, conveyed the message of non-indgenes in the state, describing the tenure of Aiyedatiwa as soothing to all residents from other ethnic stocks.
“Here is a governor who cares for us as he does for the indigenes; so there is no going back,” Garuba, who is also the Chairman, Hauas-Arewa Group in Ondo State, enthused.
