Thread by @AsiwajuOladimej

I've gone through your review on Engr Kayode Ojo and I will love to make certain points. In the latest interview he did, he clearly stated his visions some of which you highlighted in your review. But let us break them down.

Thread.

https://twitter.com/The_MediaQueen/status/1475879549799911426

1. Ekiti Master Plan:

For years, Ekiti seems not to have any DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN. If we do, I'm sure they are outdated. The current administration is working on one. For sake of continuity and sustainability, he promised to review it and harmonise with his own. Fair enough.

Specifically, he gave a timeline of 6 months to review the ongoing Development Master Plan of Ekiti by the current administration, harmonise with the one his team is working on and we can then have a robust Development Master Plan for the state.

Timeline: 6 months.

2. Massive Investment in Infrastructure.

You rightly pointed out in your review that he is a CEO of SEPLAT and handling Infrastructure won't be a problem for him. He is also a DEVELOPER and a PLANNER. The experience is there. But in his interview, he talked about funding...

He is a process driven man and he won't just talk in abstract. So how do we fund this Infrastructure. He talked about funds from development partners like AFDB, EU, World Bank etc. He also went further to talk about Ekiti in Diaspora who can come home and invest. Fair enough.

3. Education

You missed this in your review. Engr Kayode clearly emphasised on two major issues with our education in Ekiti. One, standardisation of infrastructure in our education section and two, most critical, quality of training for education administrators and teachers.

You don't call such promise abstract in your review. They are vision that can be measured if he becomes the Governor of Ekiti State. Again, funding will come from SUBEB and other partners. It therefore means that he will take the issue of counter part funding serious. Fair enough

4. Health Tourism

In his interview, he also buttressed the need to invest in our health sector in terms of infrastructure. However,he emphasised the need to bring our experts back home so as to develop local capacity here (transfer of knowledge and experience) which is important

His vision is to see Ekiti becoming destination for health Tourism and we can do that. We can build on ABUAD Hospital. What we need to do is therefore fast track the construction of major roads that lead to Ekiti and most importantly the airport. He is clear about that.

5. Foreign Direct Investments.

This area is the major key strength of Engr Kayode Ojo. As a CEO of multi billion oil and gas companies in over 5 countries, with vast technical experience over decades, he is the most capable hands if we want to drive private investors to Ekiti.

In fact, if you've paid attention to his campaign message, two major agenda are obvious..

Drive Investment

Invest in Infrastructure

So, his vision is to ensure that we sustain some of the ongoing private investment friendly policy of this administration.

6. SMEs

In that same interview, he was specific on the issue of SMEs. He stated that we must provide funds for local SMEs to thrive in Ekiti. This is also tied to his vision on private investment in Ekiti. So many Federal Govt intervention funds for SMEs will be utilised.

My dear Lois, I will love to stop for now but I can say this with all confidence that Engr Kayode Ojo represent a new fresh idea into our politics in Ekiti. He has been consistent with this vision right from 2018 when he came 3rd during the primary.

Let me state here that on the Ongoing Airport Project in Ekiti, he supported the government with the design and construction of the Fire Service Station with his personal cost. That tells you how passionate he is when it comes to providing infrastructure.

Since he picked up his form, he has been engaging with all the party delegates and stakeholders across the 177 Wards in Ekiti State.

Mission is simple: He represents a new order and that is to bring his years of experience in the private sector to serve the state.

Thanks.

Let's I forget. Other critical issues Engr Kayode Ojo raised during that interview include improving on our IGR which he tied to how we must boost local productivity. Our comparative advantage centers on Agriculture, Tourism, Tech Hubs etc.

Thanks.