Adeyinka Adebayo
The Ekiti State Governor , Ayodele Fayose , has directed that the new Government House, Oke Ayaba , in Ado Ekiti be named after the former Governor of the Old Western Region, the late Gen . Adeyinka Adebayo ( retd . )
The governor has also threatened to prosecute husbands who beat their wives , saying the state would not condone violence against women.
Fayose stated this at a meeting with beneficiaries of the state’ s N 5, 000 social welfare scheme at the Government House in Ado Ekiti on Monday .
Urging the people to troop out to 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 also gave a strong warning to men beating their wives , saying he would ensure their prosecution and imprisonment if there was 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 .
The governor told the people that there were ongoing projects in 11 out of the 16 local government areas of the state, promising to extend the gesture to the others .
He urged the people to support his government to anoint a successor in office that would 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 transits to a person we all chose and we a person that 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 .
With the people behind him , Fayose boasted to defeat the All Progressives Congress in the state if election was conducted “ today” , 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 said .
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