Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress by saying that the party does not have the interest of the masses at heart.
The state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Banji Okunomo who said this in Akure also authoritatively declared that Ondo Electorate will not vote for APC in the 2016 gubernatorial election that will be held in the state.
Okunomo said “APC in Ondo State knew that the party has lost the popularity which heralded it into power in May 29, 2015 and the leadership of the party in the state is jittery and resolved to employ its old strategy of falsehood and propaganda.
“The desperation with which the APC is calling on the electorates to vote out the PDP government in Ondo State in the distant 2016 gubernatorial election is predicated on the likely residual effects of bad governance which the APC government offers at the national level.
“The APC in Ondo State is also not unaware of the fact that it would share in the boomerang effect of the nepotistic administration of the APC central government characterised by unfulfilled electoral promises.”
The PDP Publicity Secretary noted that APC is becoming less popular in the state day by day and said the many developmental projects executed by the PDP government in the state will win the next election for the party.
Okunomo expressed optimism that the electorate will return PDP government in the state to power during the 2016 governorship elections, saying the opposition APC cannot reap from what PDP has labored for.
“We are confident that the enlightened and sophisticated electorates in the state will not be for backwardness. We should not forget that Ondo state has been the envy of other states in terms of development, good governance and performance since Governor Olusegun Mimiko became the governor of the state.
“If the current PDP government in Ondo state has been able to do this much and take the state to enviable height in just six years,our people should expect more and more developmental projects across the state when the PDP government assume power in 2017.
“We in Ondo PDP can vouch that our people are enlightened enough not to fall victims for the tricks of the APC that has no structure and root in the state. The party does not have the interest of the masses at heart.”
He added that Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s administration has greatly impacted the lives of the people especially in sectors like health, education and agriculture.