Ekiti To Name New Govt House , Hospital After Adebayo
There are indications that the new Government House, located on the Oke Ayaba, in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital and the General hospital, Iyin Ekiti are to be named after the Governor of the old western region, the late Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo.
The State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose who made the disclosure at a meeting with beneficiaries of N5,000 social welfare scheme at the government house in Ado Ekiti urged the people to come out in their numbers and attend the state burial of Adebayo on Friday.
Fayose said, “I have also directed that the new government house and the general hospital in Iyin Ekiti be named after him. This is not politics but governance.”
Fayose who noted that there were ongoing projects in 11 of the 16 Local Government Area of the state and promised to extend to others urged the people to support his government to anoint a successor in office that will continue with his good works.
“What we need is continuity. Lagos is working and the state is developing. This is because there is continuity in government.
“It is my desire to achieve successes on all fronts. I appeal for your support for my government. I will leave office one day but I will be best remembered for my legacies.
“When a wrong person is appointed he will destroy all the good works we have done. Never should a wrong person that will leave us in debt be appointed again.
“If power transit to the person we all choose and we will have access to, he will continue the good job. You will be the one to choose the candidate.”
The governor urged the people to go for continuous voter registration and obtain their voter cards.
Fayose boasted to defeat the All Progressives Congress in the state if election was conducted any day even in the face of federal might.
“Ekiti people don’t pretend, when they like you they show it to you. No matter how important or relevant you are, you are nothing without the people. My people love me, they love me that I’m working for them.”
Fayose also gave a strong warning to men beating their wives, saying he would ensure their prosecution and imprisonment if there is incriminating evidence against them.
“We are against violence against women in Ekiti. If you do it and I have evidence against you, you will go to prison. There are several ways of dealing with a woman. There is zero tolerance to violence against woman in Ekiti,” he stressed.