There is governance failure in Ekiti – ‎APC chieftain, Debo Ajayi

Former Commissioner for Budget and Planning in Ekiti State, Mr. Debo Ranti Ajayi, has declared intention to contest for the governorship seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ajayi said he was joining the race “because of governance failure in Ekiti”, adding that there was urgent need to rescue the people from hunger, want, unemployment and poverty.”

Speaking on Thursday, the politician who hails from Emure-Ekiti in Ekiti South senatorial district, promised to transform the state to a knowledge-based economy.
Ajayi promised that he would attract investors into Ekiti using his wealth of experience in Canada, USA , South Africa and Dubai, where he had worked and built different careers to create wealth for the teeming unemployed youths.
He also pledged to invest heavily in community-based health care system, youth-based commercial agriculture and Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) to redirect the state’s economy from depending solely on federal allocations
Ajayi said: “About 40 % registered voters in Ekiti are between ages 18 and 30 and over 85% of them are idle. It is either they are unemployed or underemployed, in fact, many Ekiti youths and bright ones are wasting away.

“We have to invest in them through agriculture and this can be achieved by opening up our rural areas, so that they can stay there and engage in productive agriculture that will be funded by corporate bodies to make it a real business venture.”