Orji Kalu, Oshiomhole move to woo workers Igbo traders in Ekiti for Fayemi

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-Adams Oshimhole has moved to call for the support of Ekiti workers to vote for Kayode Fayemi in the forthcoming July 14 election

- Also, Orji Uzor-Kalu was in Ekiti to appeal to Igbos in the state to support the governorship candidate for the APC in Ekiti

- Kalu assured the traders that Kayode Fayemi would financially support their businesses once elected into power

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole and a former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor-Kalu have began moves to woo supporters for the governorship candidate of the party in Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi.

Oshimhole and Kalu on Monday, July 9, met with leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Igbo people resident in the state respectively to appeal for votes for Kayode Fayemi.

The duo described Fayemi's efforts in Ekiti between 2010 and 2014 as “landmark achievements”.

Speaking to Ekiti workers, Oshimhole said former governor Fayemi would not sack them when elected into office.

He said the APC would win the election not by intimidation but based on past records of Fayemi.

“Our task as labour leaders is not to agonise but to have the will to fight. I have not come to lament that Fayose has not paid workers; I have come to give a guarantee to the workers of Ekiti that their welfare will be a priority to us," Oshimhole said.

“Fayemi knows that if he doesn’t perform especially for workers, I will box him from Abuja. Don’t be afraid, I am behind you and I will get whatever is due to you from Dr Fayemi if you convince your people to give him the votes," he added.

In his speech, Kalu while addressing the Igbos in Ekiti said Fayemi has promised to give financial support to their businesses as he did in his first term if elected governor again.

Kalu said: “You have to vote for a man that is better equipped for the job. Don’t listen to the rumour that APC is an Islamic party."

“When President Muhammadu Buhari came, he inherited a massively looted economy. The PDP people were just going to the Central Bank of Nigeria to collect money on the order of the then President.

You know what it means for the CBN to be looted and that was why we experienced the economic recession when Buhari came and today we are out of it. APC remains the best party for Ndigbo. I cannot be bribed by anybody to deceive you.

“President Buhari did the second Niger Bridge. He also awarded many road contracts in the South-East. Did former President Olusegun Obasanjo, late Umaru Yar’Adua and Dr Goodluck Jonathan do all these?” the former governor queries.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that the Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose allegedly plans to shutdown transportation in the state following President Muhammadu Buhari's proposed visit.

The governor is allegedly demanding that commercial vehicles should stay of the roads in Ekiti state.

Babafemi Ojudu, a member of the APC in Ekiti state said the move by the governor is aimed at hindering President Buhari's visit to the state on Tuesday, July 10.

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