By Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti

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A member of the House of Representatives and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the June 2022 Ekiti State governorship election, Mr. Femi Bamisile, has said that it would be a dangerous mistake for the APC to ignore the continuous agitations of the people of the southern part of the state in zoning the governorship ticket to the area.

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency(FERMA), said this in Ado Ekiti while donating fertilisers to farmers across 177 wards in Ekiti.

He said he would plunge into the race and ensure that he wins the APC government ticket during the APC primary of January 22, to give the people of the Ekiti South their deserved reckoning in Ekiti politics.

Bamisile added further; “If the Nigerian populace are saying that after eight years of presidency in the North, that power should return to the South, I see no reason why after 24 years of democracy in Ekiti a particular zone is still being sidelined. This really baffles me”.
Bamisile said he had taken respite in the fact that the national leadership of the party under Governor Mai Mala Buni, had promised a free , fair and credible primary, saying he has nothing to fear with this promise.

Speaking about the importance of Agriculture, Bamisile said President Muhammadu Buhari is investing huge sum of money on farming and also counseling Nigerians on the need to embrace agriculture to bail the country out of famine and poverty.

He said the need for every productive Ekiti citizen to be encouraged to go into farming to reduce poverty and unemployment informed the reason for the support being given to farmers across the state.

“What we are giving out worth over N200 million to our farmers across Ekiti. President Muhammadu Buhari had said severally that we need to diversify away from oil and farming remains the best option where the Nigerian populace and Ekiti in particular has high comparative advantage”.

The Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria(AFAN), Ekiti chapter, Mr Adebola Alagbada, applauded Bamisile’s gesture, saying the generous donation would boost food production in Ekiti.