- Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has urged the electorate in the state to double their support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, setting a target of 600,000 votes in the upcoming 2027 presidential election.
- Oyebanji cited President Tinubu’s unprecedented financial and developmental support to Ekiti State as the driving force behind his administration’s infrastructure successes.
- The governor highlighted that political harmony in the state, with former opponents joining hands with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), effectively makes Ekiti a “one-party state” aligned behind the President.
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has declared that the state will massively reward President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with votes in the 2027 presidential election in reciprocity for the Federal Government’s landmark support for the state’s development.
Eko Hot Blog reports that speaking during the inauguration of key legacy projects in Ado-Ekiti, Governor Oyebanji tasked the people of the state to mobilize across all communities and deliver at least 600,000 votes for President Tinubu.
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He emphasized that no past president has shown the level of commitment and fairness to Ekiti State that President Tinubu has demonstrated since taking office.
According to Oyebanji, enhanced federal allocations and strategic support from the presidency have empowered his administration to complete major infrastructural projects and maintain a zero-abandoned-project policy.
He noted that rewarding the President at the polls is a matter of fairness and gratitude for his continuous intervention in the state’s economic and physical transformation.
The governor also pointed out the growing political consensus in Ekiti, where major political figures and former opposition leaders have declared support for both the state government and President Tinubu.
He expressed confidence that with the current political unity, Ekiti will set an electoral benchmark for the Southwest region in 2027.
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