If You Don't Have PVC, You Can No Longer Enjoy Any Benefit From Me Nor My Government - Fayose Tells Ekiti Indigenes

Ayo Fayose, Ekiti State Governor 

THE  need for the people of Ekiti State and Nigerians at large to as a matter of urgency obtain the Permanent Voter Cards has been stressed by Governor Ayodele Fayose of the state.

Fayose warned that any citizen who has attained the age of 18, but has no PVC would henceforth lose his rights and privileges in the state.

Fayose gave the warning in Aramoko Ekiti on Friday while commissioning a water reticulation project.

He said not having a PVC connotes that such citizen offers no civic responsibility to the government and will be deemed as having nothing to enjoy from the government.

The Governor, who also flagged off the 14.5 km Awo-Ara-Ijero Road at Awo in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area, said: “If you don’t have your PVC, you may no longer enjoy benefits from government because very soon about 10,000 people will benefit N10,000 monthly in our social security scheme.

“From now henceforth, PVC is a must.“It will be your ticket to enjoy patronage.

“If you are a contractor resident in Ekiti and you don’t have PVC, no contract for you because all of us have one role or the other to play for each other.

“This road was constructed when I was in government in 2003 and since then nothing has been done on it.

“I promised during my electioneering campaign that I will do this road and what we are doing today is promise kept.”

Making veiled allusion to the 2018 governorship poll, Fayose said: “Always cast your votes for candidates who can remember you.

“In most cases in Nigeria, people will decide to vote for someone because of money and that is why we haven’tgot a messiah to turn around this country.

”Fayose said the project will be completed within four months.

He assured the people of Aramoko Ekiti of adequate water supply from Ero Dam at least thrice a week to cushion the effect of the long dry season and dearth of potable water in the town.

He said: “For the past 12 years, Aramoko Ekiti did not enjoy water.

“Ero Dam supplies water to about nine LGs in this State and some of the pipes have been damaged, which we had to repair in spite of the dwindling economic resources, to give them water.

“My coming back for a second term was for a purpose and I want to do those things that will make me remain in the hearts of the people.

“Very soon, we will replicate same feat in other local governments because Egbe, Ureje and Itapaji dams tooneed some turnaround maintenance, which we will do to make water available to our people.”

On the complain raised about epileptic electricity supply in the two towns, Fayose said though the sector has been privatised, but promised that his government will use its political will to create the enabling environment and reach out to those concerned for people to enjoy light.

Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary of the state’s Ministry of Works, Fasiku Ademiloye, has said contractors, including P. W. Limited, with N6.7 billion; KOPEK, N5.7 billion; Levant, N6.4 billion; August 10 Concept Global Resources Limited, N5.9 billion; and ART Consultant, N5.8 billion, bided for the construction of the proposed flyover in the state capital.

Ademiloye said the Consultant appointed by the state government, ART Consultant Limited, has pegged the estimated cost of the flyover at N5.8 billion.

The Permanent Secretary said in the bid for the construction of the Ado-Ikere Road extension, the contractors that bided included KOPEK with the price ofN533 million, August 10 Concept for N568 million and Kaymon Construction Limited N546 million.

The Secretary to the Ekiti State Government, Dr. Modupe Alade, who led other Management staff of relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies to perform the bid opening, assured the people that the project would be completed in record time.

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