Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election in Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, the state’s immediate past deputy governor, has declared that he will win.
Ajayi declared his desire to run for governor on the PDP platform, claiming that he has the competence and experience to keep “everybody busy and happy” as governor of the state.
While promising to build a railway system to connect coastal communities to Kogi State if elected governor of the Sunshine State, Ajayi stated that the state has no business building a seaport and should instead focus on providing infrastructure in riverine communities to attract private investors to the project.
He said, “I understand how Ondo State can be governed and everybody will be happy. I understand what we need to revive the economy of this state. I understand how to run the state without relying on federal allocation. I can prove it to anybody. I understand where there is money in Ondo State.
“I understand how our elderly people can get what they are due for after retirement. I know how to engage the youths.
“I know how to secure the society and I know that the economic activity of Ondo is best in the construction of a road to link the riverine areas. If we do that, we will decongest Lagos State.
“What they have in Lagos is a small portion of what we have in Ondo State. We have the longest coastline in West Africa. We don’t need a port in Ondo for now. Private investors will come and build the port if the necessary infrastructure is put in place.
“What we need is to construct a road to the sea. Agagu started it and the road terminated at Ugbonla. By now that road would have been taken to Ayetoro.’’