By  Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti

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Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has advised citizens not to allow politics to stoke unwarranted cleavages and rifts among them, urging that they should stand united to collectively pursue and achieve the development of the state in all spheres of the economy.

Oyebanji also urged political players to perceive politics as an instrument of unity, development, and progress, rather than a weapon of destruction and enmity.

Oyebanji, represented by the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Monisade Afuye, gave the charge in Ikere Ekiti over the weekend.

He showered encomiums on the monarch of the town, Oba Adejimi Adu, for championing uncommon and radical development in the town since his enthronement, and urged the royal father to work relentlessly to ensure that the indigenes remain bonded in love, regardless of political affiliations.

Oyebanji assured the town that his administration would continually provide water-forced security and rev up the pedal of project delivery by fast-tracking the speedy completion of the Ikere-Igbara Odo and Ikere-Ilawe roads to further expose the town to modernity and business opportunities.

On the persistent cases of power outages being experienced in a section of the town, Oyebanji revealed that efforts are in top gear for the supply of a transformer to restore electricity in the affected area to bolster business activities and improve the local economy.

“Approval has been given for the procurement of the transformer to restore electricity to the affected area. We are supplying a new one and not a refurbished one. Just be patient with us. This government is ready to make Ikere a beacon of development and progress.

“The development of all the towns in Ekiti is very paramount to us as a government. We have started the progress, and no community will be neglected in our development plans.”

In his submission, Oba Adu commended Oyebanji for partnering with the community to tackle the perpetrators of recurrent bank robberies and marauding Fulani herders allegedly attacking farmers and subjecting the town to food shortages.

The monarch further applauded the governor for the construction of the Ikere-Igbara Odo, Ikere-Ise, and Ikere-Ilawe roads and other highbrow projects in Ikere Ekiti, thereby exposing the community to better economic activities.

Revealing communal efforts being made to complement the government in combating insecurity, Oba Adu stated that the community was currently working on a Security Trust Fund that would be used to build a magnificent building to be used by the police as an Area Command to ease policing work.