Gov poll: Kekemeke best for Ondo –Orji

The Managing Director, Pan Media International Ltd, Mr. Udenna  Orji, has called on Ondo state people to consider the enviable track-record of governorship aspirant, Hon. Isaac Kekemeke, and support him to win next year’s election.

Orji, who made the call Friday while chatting with journalists   in Abuja, said Kekemeke as governor would bring the state on the path of “unprecedented development and enable it to take its pride of place in the comity of developed and prosperous states in Nigeria.”

 “Kekemeke is the most experienced, most visionary and most committed and dedicated Ondo state politician with about 30 years verifiable track-record of meritorious and matchless service and sacrifice for the development of Ondo state and her people,” he said.

Continuing, he said, “Hon. Kekemeke’s endless passion for the development of Ondo state started when Kekemeke was a youth activist and member of the Ondo state House of Assembly during the Babangida regime and he was behind several bills and motions that opened up the state to development.”

“As pioneer chairman of National Examinations Council (NECO), Kekemeke is largely credited with the string of successes notched up by the examination body for he laid the solid foundation on which NECO has been progressing. Kekemeke’s tenure as Ondo state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice led to swift modernisation of judicial infrastructure leading to quick and fair dissemination of justice in the state. His tenure as Commissioner for Works, Lands and Housing witnessed unprecedented construction of erosion controls, roads, bridges drainages and connecting rural areas to the cities and bringing about, easy movement of people, goods and services within the state. It is on record that he was nationally honoured with The Best Commissioner in Nigeria award for his foresight, dedication and patriotism. Kekemeke was later appointed as Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Ondo state people still recall with nostalgia that his tenure as SSG witnessed an era when government activities moved smoothly and speedily like well-oiled machinery. Delays, bottlenecks, bureaucracy and unnecessary time-wasting protocols were shoved aside while files and activities moved quickly and the state’s obligations to peoples and institutions were met speedily by the state government. That is why he is known everywhere as a man of the people.”

According to Orji, Kekemeke “is the only governorship aspirant that can guarantee the retention of the state by the All Progressives Congress (APC)” and urged the party faithful to ensure Kekemeke picked the governorship ticket.

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