Ekiti 2018: Stop songs of war -Falegan counsels PDP, APC, others

A United Kingdom based chieftain of the Peoples' Democratic Party
(PDP) in Ekiti State, Hon. Opeyemi Falegan, has called on all the
participating political parties in the July 14, governorship election
in the state to rather make their campaigns issue-based in the
interest of the people of the state.

He said that the trend of campaigns of hatred, disunity and songs of
war by the two major political parties, PDP and All Progressives
Congress ,APC, in the state posed great danger and unexpected outcome
ahead of the poll.

Falegan, who made the call in a release made available to newsmen in
Ado Ekiti, said: "It is more sane and civilised for candidates of all
political parties to tell the electorate their programmes and policies
rather than the current campaign of calumny and hatred in all nooks
and crannies of the state.

"The development has so far, heated up the polity with majority of
people of the state now sleeping with their two eyes opened because of
unforseen events due to actions and conducts of some of the Candidates
and their supporters.

"It is unfortunate and disheartening to note that some candidates do
not have any manifesto for the people and such candidates are now
going up and down, canvassing for votes to become the governor of
Ekiti State. The development is nothing but a show of shame and
uncivilised in this century.

"The level of political intolerance in the state now could be blamed
on lack of good policies and programmes to be executed by some of the
candidates to sell themselves to the people in order to win peoples'
hearts during the poll.

"If the trend remains unabated and unchecked before the election, it
could, no doubt, lead to unfavourable and ugly political atmosphere in
the state and breakdown of law and order of once most peaceful state
in Nigeria. This, is what we do not want nor pray for us.

"Ekiti people are enlightened, intelligent and brilliant persons with
educated persons per household more than any state of the federation
and the trend is always on the increase geometrically yearly.

"People know who and what they want in this part of the country more
than many other states but some of our current politicians are using
propaganda through hate speeches and pointing accusing fingers to
cover up their ineptitude, none or shallow manifestoes to deceive the
electorate in the state.

"It is morally right of any candidate to tell the electorate his
programmes and agenda, how you put them together, how you intend to
execute and the benefits of such to the generality of the populace
both at short and in the long run during and after your
administration.

"Every government so they say, has policies that sustain its form",
whenever a government is formed without manifesto, the electorate bear
the burden of bad governance and mal-administration.

"However it is high time, the electorate in Nigeria began to demand
the manifestoes of every candidate standing an election, especially
governorship and presidential seats to bring sanctity and decorum into
the system," he stated.