Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has called on members of Ekiti Council of Elders to always offer useful advice to political leaders as part of their contributions to societal development.
Dr Fayemi made the call while hosting members of Ekiti Council of Elders led by its Vice President, Chief Deji Fasuan in Ado Ekiti.
The Governor urged the elderly citizens to continue to play fatherly roles in the state with a view to actualize the dream of the founding fathers of the state.
He told the senior citizens that government would make their welfare an utmost priority, stressing that the newly built elderly citizens resort centre would be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari next month.
Governor Fayemi said he decided to build the resort center as a payback for the elders who served the people, both within and outside the state and for supporting his administration over the years.
The Governor who commended some of the elders for their roles in the actualization of the creation of Ekiti State, reiterated his commitment towards ensuring that the construction of Ado-Akure road becomes a reality, saying government has commenced negotiation with NNPC to assist in the construction of the road.
Answering questions on security Dr Fayemi noted that government had already installed monitoring devices in several parts of the state, thereby leavng no hiding place for criminals.
“Let me thank my father for his very kind words on the efforts of the government in various aspects of development in the state. We will do our best and pass the baton to the next Governor to continue to do what will be in the best interest of our people”.
“I am also glad that we completed the elders resort centre, there are still one or two things, we would definitely finish them before I live office, the road that you mentioned, we would do that, we would also equip the Centre. It is likely that the President is coming towards the end of the month or early October, he may commission the building. It is important that we do this because this is a monument to all the efforts of our elders in the council and all the supports we receive from you over the years and the interest you continue to show in the progress and development of Ekiti.
“We are not giving up on Ado-Akure road, before the end of the year, the new attempt we are making to get NNPC to help us with the road would come to fruition, but that is definitely one sour point that I am also not happy about and that we should do all to get it going. In the alternative, the positive is that the airport would be ready for use very soon”.
“On security, it’s a major concern, we are doing quite a lot that the public may not be aware of, as a matter of fact we are making very many arrests of the people involved in kidnapping involving some of our own local people and the other elements from outside the state who perpetrate these horrific kidnapping in the state.”
Earlier, the Vice Chairman Ekiti council of Elders, Chief Deji Fasuan commended Governor Fayemi for his passion to complete projects abandoned by previous government most especially the Secretariat complex among others.
Chief Fasuan also urged the Governor to ensure the completion of Ado-Ifaki road as well as revisit the construction of Ado-Akure road with the federal government.
