Ekiti guber poll’ll shape our future –Bisi Fayemi

The June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State has been described as a poll that will determine the future prosperity of the state as well as sustainable peace and the well-being of its people.

The wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, made the observation yesterday during the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) inaugural Nurses’ Week, held at the School of Nursing in Ado-Ekiti.

Erelu Fayemi, who was decorated as the Grand Matron of the EKSUTH unit of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives on the occasion, said the forthcoming election transcended the aspiration of Governor Kayode Fayemi and All Progressives Congress (APC) to rule the state for a second time.

She stated that the electorate owed the future generation a sacred duty to scrutinize the antecedents of candidates jostling to govern the state from October, before pitching their tent with any of them.

Fayemi said: “This election is just not about Governor Kayode Fayemi or the APC, it is about the future of Ekiti and our children. This election will determine what the state will look like in the next 15 years.

“What do we want Ekiti to be like in 10 to 15 years down the line? Do we want an Ekiti that will continue to be inheritor of chaos, disunity, misgovernance, looting of state treasury or of a lack of future for our children?

“Will it be what it was in the recent past when people ask us how we came about having certain people as our leaders? Will it be like when Ekiti was treated like a pariah among the elite?

“We believe that this election will give us an opportunity to establish a foundation that will ensure that Ekiti becomes the state where other people will come and do business and be proud of. We cannot afford a reversal of our fortunes.”

Describing the governor as intelligent, competent, savvy and focused, she said Governor Fayemi stood tall among other contenders for the governorship position.

According to her, the governor needed another term in office to consolidate on his accomplishments since he mounted the saddle on October 16, 2010.

Erelu Fayemi appealed to the nurses to use their positions as grassroots professionals to educate the people on the need for them to vote for her husband whom, she said, had a track record of achievements.

She promised that the government would assist the nurses in the planned construction of a crèche, and pledged to donate a bus to the nurses’ association in the foreseeable future.

The first lady said the governor was hopeful that the Nigerian nurses would be accorded the same recognition and respect earned by their counterparts in more developed countries soon.

She assured them of building their capacities and quality assurance through overseas and local training to enhance their productivity and cause further reduction of maternal and child mortality in the state.

The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Kolawole Ogundipe, sai the hospital had employed a number of nurses in special areas to bring more improvement to its healthcare services.

He commended the Fayemi-led administration for making healthcare delivery in the state an envy of others by ensuring quality assurance in term of equipment and manpower.