Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, yesterday, led the G5 Governors to storm Ibadan, Oyo State capital for the flag-off of re-election campaign of Governor Seyi Makinde.
\nOther G5 governors at the event held at the Mapo Hall, Ibadan, were: Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu; Benue State, Samuel Ortom and Enugu State, Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
\nThe G5 governors came to the venue around 1.00am to show solidarity for Makinde\u2019s re-election.
\nAlso at the event were former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; and former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.
\nAlso present were party faithful from 33 local governments of the state.
\nAs the governors arrived, party loyalists from all the 33 local government areas of the state, thronged the major roads leading to Mapo Hall.
\nThe major roads leading to Mapo Hall were jam-packed with party loyalists from all the 33 local government areas of state, while the security operatives made serious efforts to control the crowd.
\nSpeaking against the expectation that the G5 governors under the aegis of the Integrity Group, are likely to announce their choice of presidential candidate in Ibadan in the forthcoming general election, the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, disclosed that members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State will be told who to vote for in the presidential election soon.
\nWike urged people of the state to cast their votes for all contestants vying for various seats in the 2023 general election on the platform of the party.
\nHe described Makinde as a person who believes in fairness, equity and justice and has done well to deserve a second term in office.
\nWike said: \u201cGovernor \u2018Seyi Makinde has done well, the only way is for him to go back to complete the good work he has started.\u201d
\n\u201cVote for Governor \u2018Seyi Makinde, vote for all the candidates on the platform of the party, but the other one, Seyi Makinde will tell you.\u201d
\n\u201cWe believe in justice, fairness, honesty and equity, hence our reason for urging you to support the just governor God has given you in Oyo State. Makinde has done well since 2019 and the only way we appreciate him is to return him to government to enable him complete the good works he had started.\u201d
\nIn a similar vein, other members of the G5, in their separate remarks at the programme, thanked members of the party for their unflinching support for Makinde, describing him as a vibrant leader who has what it takes to move the state to enviable heights.
\nIn his remark, Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, described Makinde as the youth leader of the G5, saying what the people of the state will see in the next four years will be greater than what the governor has done in his first four years.
\nSpeaking at the flag \u2013 off of the PDP Gubernatorial campaign in Ibadan on Thursday, the Oyo State capital, leader of the G-5 , Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State said the group is more than ever united and would deliver all PDP candidates for governor, Senate, House of Representatives and Assembly in their various states.
\nHe reiterated the genesis of their course which is premised on breach of the party constitution after the party National convention in May 2022.
\n\u201cWe want to assure you that the integrity group and the G-5 governors are committed members of PDP in our various states.
\n\u201cWe have a challenge with the national leadership of our party because they have failed to deploy its internal conflict resolution mechanism to resolve the problem that arose after the convention. At the appropriate time, we are going to let you know where and what to do. We are united, we are together, don\u2019t listen to gossip and social media hypes. We are committed to PDP and we are working for all our candidates in our states.
\n\u201cAll our candidates in our states by the grace of God, they are going to win the governorship, the Senate, House of Reps, the House of Assembly. We are going to deliver to PDP\u201d.
\nMaking his remarks at the presentation of flags to candidates of the party, the Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Mr Taofeek Arapaja said Makinde\u2019s performance was the reason behind the solidarity, and clarion call for his re- election by the people of Oyo State.
\nWhile speaking, Governor \u2018Seyi Makinde, urged people of the state to vote him for a second term to enable him complete the good projects he had started since 2019.
\nAccording to him, since his assumption of office in 2019, his administration has continued to deliver dividends of democracy to the people both in health, education, agriculture, security and in infrastructural development.
\nHe said: \u201cUnder Omotitun 1.0, we promised Emmanuel Alayande University and we delivered, we secured full ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, we carried out rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads across the state, we have delivered but we are not stopping.
\n\u201cUnder Omotitun 1.0, we improved the standard of education, health, security through the introduction of Amotekun, as well as agricultural development and many others. Workers salaries and pension arrears are being paid as and when due, and many others.\u201d
\n\u201cNow, it is time for Omotitun 2.0 to upgrade. I am, therefore, seeking your support for my re-election to enable me complete the good projects I started in 2019,\u201d Makinde pleaded with people of the state.
\nHe then expressed appreciation to the people and party faithful for entrusting the destiny of the state under his care, assuring that more developmental projects and programmes will be witnessed in the state.
\nMakinde, who boasted of jerking up the state\u2019s Internally Generated Revenue of the state from about N1.7billion to N3.8billion as of November ending, 2022, among other achievements, promised to do more for the people of the state.
\nThe venue of the event was filled with a lot of dignitaries which include, wife of the governor, Mrs Tamunomnini Makinde; the Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal; PDP South-West Deputy National Chairman, Amb. Taofeek Arapaja; former Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose; former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko; the party\u2019s senatorial candidate for Oyo South, Mogaji Joseph Tegbe; Sen. Stanley Odidiomo, Abass Agboworin, Chief Jumoke-Akinjide, Sen. Monsurat Sunmonu, PDP state executives, other PDP candidates and members of the party from within and outside the state.
\nThe flag-off witnessed the heavy presence of personnel of the Nigeria Police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corp, NSCDC, Department of Security Service, DSS, Amotekun Corps and Operation Burst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, yesterday, led the G5 Governors to storm Ibadan, Oyo State capital for the flag-off of re-election campaign of Governor Seyi Makinde. Other G5 governors at the event held at the Mapo Hall, Ibadan, were: Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu; Benue State, Samuel Ortom and Enugu State, Hon Ifeanyi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":311592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[688],"class_list":["post-311586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-front-pix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311593,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311586\/revisions\/311593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/311592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}