A former governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Sola Ebiseni, has dumped the party for the Labour Party (LP) to contest the November 16 gubernatorial election in Ondo State.
Also, a member of the Caretaker Committee of the PDP, Hon Dayo Awude emerged as the Deputy Governorship of the LP for the forthcoming election.
Ebiseni, the Secretary General of Afenifere, the Pan Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organisation loyal to Chief Ayo Adebanjo came third in the primary that produced Hon Agboola Ajayi as the candidate of the PDP.
Addressing newsmen in Akure, on Tuesday in company of the National leadership of the Labour party, Ebiseni, said that his candidature in the labour party was secured since July this year.
The national leaders of the party, who accompany the governorship candidate include Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, Dr Kingsley Okundaye, Prof Theophilus Ndubuaku, and Folu Bademosi, who are members of the National Transition Committee (NTC)
Ebiseni is a former Commissioner for Environment while his running mate, Awude is a former Commissioner for youth and sports development, both served under the Labour Party government in Ondo State.
Ebiseni pointed out that his intention was to rebuild Ondo state, saying “it is my pleasure to address you today as the candidate of the Labour Party in the Gubernatorial Election in Ondo State slated for the November 16th this year.
“It is in fulfilment of my determination, in conjunction with my running mate and other like minds to provide our people a viable option to drive the developmental machineries on the right path of progressive politics for which our dear State is reputed.
“In recent times, security concerns have become the most debilitating factor against development leading to unemployment and hunger. We shall run an administration of veritable team work and peoples participation based on the age long and proven beneficial programmes enunciated above but calibrated as follows:
“Security: We will in partnership with the Federal Government and its relevant agencies build on the efforts of successive administrations in providing adequate security within our borders and in regional collaboration with our neighbours as we all know that security of lives and property is the primary purpose and responsibility of government.
“Human Capital Development: This includes education, ICT and technological know-how. Education at primary and secondary school levels shall be qualitative and free including there-introduction of free buses for students, payment for WAEC final examinations, schools infrastructural development, training and re-training of the teaching personnel. The standard of our Post-secondary education shall be heavily enhanced, yet subsidised for access and affordability. Sporting activities shall be given priority attention
“Infrastructural Transformation: We will revive our moribund infrastructures and bring to bear new ones. We will embark on road construction as has never been seen before in the State, including urban renewal, ecological control and environmental sanitation.
“Agricultural Rebirth: We will re-enact the golden era of agriculture in the state through a revolution that we will inject mechanisation, and assist in the area bring to of equipment and inputs to farmers. We will also ensure that our farmers are safe in their farms.
“Industrial Revolution: We will get our people working again by putting in place measures that will encourage and enhance industrialisation with the objectives of mass creation of jobs and employment.
“Qualitative Health Care: There shall be free child and maternal health care services. We shall build more Health Centres and hospitals to bring health
care services closer to the people and train more personnel in all sectors with affordable access to drugs.
“Integrated Rural Development: We will pay adequate attention to our rural populace through upgrading and regular maintenance of rural roads and other infrastructures to improve on living to discourage rural-urban drift.
“Full details of these 8 cardinal programmes shall be released to the good people of Ondo State in due course, suffice it to say that they shall be the pillars upon which the master plan with which we shall run our government shall rest and the yardsticks by which our government will be measured. The mantra of our campaigns is thus REBUILD ONDO STATE