Scores of Akoko youths at the weekend converged on Oka-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko Southwest Local Government Area of Ondo State, to support the governorship aspiration of Senator Ajayi Boroffice.
They jointly supported the Asiwaju of Akokoland’s candidature on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the forthcoming October 20 poll.
The youths gathered at the premises of Benjamin Franklin Adefarati Memorial Hall of the St. John’s Church in Oka-Akoko, the senator’s home town.
The ACN leader in the area, Ope Omoriwo said the youths supported Boroffice to become the next governor.
He said they chose Oka-Akoko as the first place for the event because of the saying that charity begins from home.
According to him, in the next few weeks, other towns in the local government and Ondo State will host a similar gathering.
Omoriwo said the event was kick-starting the youths’ One Million Ondo State Youths for Senator Boroffice, which hitherto limited such activities to social networks.
He described the state as one of the most blessed in the federation and in the Southwest in term of human and natural resources, but still lacking behind among the progressive States in many areas.
He said: “ACN has come to liberate the people of the state from the shackles of the present government that has refused to create employment for the teeming youths in the state.
“We have a fountain put in place at Alagbaka with huge amount of money running into hundreds of millions of naira but there’s no water to drink for people of Akure and its environs.”
The politician recalled a popular campaign slogan, which the Olusegun Mimiko government used to secure electoral victory from the Ondo State people: the room is enough for all.
According to him, it is unfortunate that after three years of the LP administration, there is no more room in the state for anyone else.
He said the youths are thirsting for a leader who could make things happen, a leader who will revives the moribund industries and even move forward to establish more.
He said: “All these are possible by supporting a person who has international exposure and foresight, Senator Ajayi Boroffice will offers us these and I’m very confident that he will never let us down’’.
Also addressing the youths at the event, Mr Ayelanbola Austin, said the essence of the youth meeting is to sensitize them, and to let them see reasons why they need to support a leader whom they believe has the vision and capability to govern the State.
“The mission is to start door to door campaign for the effective mobilization of youths in the State to support the Senator”.
He said, the time has come for the youths to fight against deceit from the present government that has refused to empower the youth in the State after three years of its inception,
He also urged the youths to come out en-mass to support the candidature of Senator Boroffice to fly the ACN flag in the coming governorship election.
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