{"id":62518,"date":"2018-06-06T07:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T06:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62518"},"modified":"2018-06-06T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T06:29:13","slug":"ekiti-election-sdp-candidate-ayegbusi-sets-to-flag-off-his-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ekiti-election-sdp-candidate-ayegbusi-sets-to-flag-off-his-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"*Ekiti Election: SDP Candidate, Ayegbusi Sets to Flag off His Campaign*"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO iy_A\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic party in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">forthcoming election in Ekiti, Akin Ayegbusi is set to flag off his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">political campaign on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In a statement released by the office of his Campaign Organisation, the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">event which will take place at the Ekiti Pavilion on the NTA Road in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ado-Ekiti the state capital is expected to absorb hundreds of new members<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state who have made up their<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">mind to join the party.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Similarly those who are decamping from other parties will also be admitted<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">into the SDP which has now become the toast of Ekiti people as they<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">consider the dynamism and vibrancy of the candidate of the SDP as a major<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">tool to win an election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The highpoint of the occasion will be the official presentation of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">party\u2019s flag to Akin Ayegbusi which will signal the flag off for the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">campaign of the SDP candidate for the July 14 election as he shall<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">immediately begin the tour of the sixteen local government areas of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">According to the statement; \u201cAyegbusi is a young, vibrant and visionary<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">individual who is set to take Ekiti out of the socio-economic doldrums it<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">is currently experiencing. Through our agenda which include<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">industrialisation of the state, creation of employment, women and youth<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">empowerment, capacity building, food security through agriculture, adequate<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">infrastructural development among others, we are prepared to rescue Ekiti<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">from the hands of those who never meant well for the state.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The flag-off event is also expected to have in attendance the national<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">leadership of the party, state stakeholders and party faithful across the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">state which include the National Chairman of the party, Chief Olu Falae,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the Deputy National Chairman, Dr. Ahmed Abdul, National Vice Chairman,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">South West, Chief Supo Shonibare, the State Chairman, Mr. Dele Ekunola, and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">other national leaders like former Nigerian ministers, Professors Jerry<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Gana, Tunde Adeniran, among others.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div class=\"P_0 je_fq7\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic party in the forthcoming election in Ekiti, Akin Ayegbusi is set to flag off his political campaign on Thursday. 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