A group, Ekiti South Agenda Youth Movement Wing has called for an end to the continuous marginalisation of the Ekiti South Senatorial District in the Political equations and permutations in Ekiti-State.
Speaking at a Summit facilitated by Ekiti Elders Forum held on Thursday, June 10, 2021 in Ado Ekiti on Security knitting it’s sustainability on fairness, justice and equity describing the deprivation as an impetus to the agitations of Ekiti South Agenda.
The group’s Coordinator, Ayodele Joel Oguntuase Esq. analyzed that there are Sixteen (16) Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ekiti State divided into three (3) Senatorial Districts namely; Ekiti South, Ekiti North and Ekiti Central Senatorial Districts expressing dismay with great concern that Ekiti South Senatorial District being the only district in Ekiti State with Six LGAs out of the Sixteen LGAs and maintaining the district with the Second highest voting strength have tactically been schemed out of relevance in the polity of particularly producing a sitting Governor in Ekiti State.
Other agitators and speakers, Jide Ojaomo, Shola Oluwasinmirin and Tamale Augustine lend their voices, pointing out that since the creation of Ekiti State and Democracy on the 1st of October, 1996 and 1999 respectively, Ekiti North and Central Senatorial Districts have produced Sitting Governors in Six regimes with each having three in the record while Ekiti South Senatorial District is yet to produce any sitting Governor.
The group insisted that in the spirit of fairness, justice and equity, Ekiti South Agenda is not negotiable, passionately calling for the support of all stakeholders in the state to address the issue and redress the marginalisation as identified.
They also demanded more support and cooperation of the Council of Obas, Leaders and Stakeholders of; Political, Residents, Religious groups, Students, Unions, Association and Ekitikete in the disaporral to join in the agitation for Ekiti South Agenda to earn the Ekiti South District the recognition it deserves to produce the next Governor of Ekit-State.
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