Professor Philip Adetiloye, an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Ekiti State,.
An All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant in Ekiti State, Professor Philip Adetiloye has promised provision of jobs for employable youths and graduates in the state if elected as governor during the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
Professor Adetiloye made the promise in Igbara Odo, Ekiti State when he led his entourage on a visit to the Elders Forum to present his vision and mission as a governorship aspirant in Ekiti state.
The forum is made up of reputable elders from all the 16 local government areas of the state.
If elected as the next governor of the state this year, the Professor of Agriculture who has an impeccable lecturing career in many universities for over three decades promised to bring his career experience to into governance in the state by focusing on job creation for thousands of employable youths and graduates through establishment of modernized /mechanized farming, establishment of agro-allied industries and microfinance banks in all the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State.
”The microfinance banks will give loans to farmers and owners of businesses, market women and civil servants,” he explained.
The aspirant lamented the effects of ravaging abject poverty in Ekiti State, which he alleged was compounded by failure of the present administration in the state to pay workers’ salaries and other benefits.
Adetiloye also added that lack of industries to generate employment for thousands of jobless graduates in the state is a product of bad governance resulting from poor priority setting and financial mismanagement. He therefore promised to govern Ekiti with visionary leadership if elected as the governor.
According to him, ”with focus on modernized farming and industrialization, the present pains in Ekiti State would be a thing of the past .
Expressing his gratitude to the Elders Forum for their support for the next governor of the state to emerge from the South Senatorial District, the aspirant assured the forum that his government will focus on moving Ekiti State forward in agriculture, industrialization, education, health and tourism.
Noting that the third tier of government in Ekiti State suffers as a result of the consequences of poor governance, Adetiloye said this would never be experienced if elected as the next governor of the state.
The elders who maintained rapt attention during his presentation acknowledged his deep insight into the socio-economic and political problems of Ekiti State and possible solutions to the challenges.
They advised the aspirant to reach out more to the people.
They however prayed for him and his entourage for the success of his aspirations.
