By Edozie Obasi-Eze
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has called on the electorate in Ekiti State to speak in favour of visionary leadership with the votes in the coming gubernatorial elections.
The YPP in a statement targeted at voters in Ekiti State, released on Friday through its Abuja national secretariat, called them to vote massively for the YPP governorship aspirant, Debo Ajayi.
The statement quoted Ajayi as promising to overturn the underdevelopment in the state with visionary leadership.
He opined that the time had come for men of integrity and vision to take over the mantle of leadership in Ekiti State, so as to provide direction and fix the broken system.
He disclosed that part of the visionary leadership he would offer if elected into office would be to tap into the intellectual assets abounding in the state, while ensuring a private sector-driven economy.
In his words, “We will invest massively in the youths who will be drivers of our proposed knowledge-driven economy.
“Politics in Nigeria is rapidly evolving with renewed consciousness made increasingly possible by the obvious leadership failure since the commencement of the fourth Republic in 1999.
“Nigerians, especially the youth demographic group, with an estimated voting population of over 40 million, are today better informed and quickly institutionalising the vibrant online activism demonstrated during the #EndSARS protests into electoral politics and broader civic participation.
“Ekiti is one of the sad realities of this leadership failure.
“And in spite of laying claim to being the intellectual capital of Nigeria, it is bereft of any visible development so much so that Ekiti is today one of the most underdeveloped states in Nigeria.”
He added that he would target to mobilise first-time voters who are more in number in the state and strategise with the youths who were already despondent on account of the high rate of insecurity, unemployment and poverty.
