The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi has said the July 14 governorship election is a vote for freedom.
He said the election is an “opportunity to reverse hunger, want, disease and hopelessness” that have been the lot of the people in the hands of an anti-people administration.
Fayemi spoke at rallies in Ifaki, Orin Ora, Ifishin, Igbole, Osi, Ido, Ilogbo and Usi-Ekiti, among other communities in Ido-Osi Local Government in continuation of his campaign tours.
He assured voters that hope is in the horizon to take Ekiti State back to its prime place in the Southwest and indeed Nigeria.
Describing July 14 poll as freedom election, he said he would restore all the life-lifting empowerment schemes that were cancelled by Governor Ayodele Fayose.
He said Ekiti people deserve to earn a living to free themselves from want, poverty and disease.
He added that all the local council development areas that Fayose cancelled will return, to bring government closer to the people for development.
Kayode urged the people to disregard propaganda by People Democratic Party (PDP) that he will sack teachers and local government workers, saying that no teachers would be sacked.
Insisting that he has obligation towards making life meaningful for teachers and other categories of teachers, Fayemi said:
“Throughout my four years, how many teachers did I sack? Instead of sacking teachers, I increased their salaries three times within four years while I also paid core subjects and rural posting allowances to teachers to encourage them to deliver and live happily with their families unlike the current situation where teachers are being owed between six and 10 months while pensioners have not received their entitlements for close to a year.
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