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2027: Ekiti ADC Reps candidate unveils campaign team

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  • Emmanuel Fayose, the African Democratic Congress candidate for Ekiti Central Federal Constituency I, has formed a 25-member campaign committee.
  • Fayose aims to provide practical representation and drive impactful policy reforms to improve constituents' lives.
  • His campaign will focus on robust advocacy, rigorous oversight, resource attraction, and citizen inclusion.

Emmanuel Fayose, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for Ekiti Central Federal Constituency I in Nigeria, has launched his campaign with a 25-member committee. Fayose, brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, appointed his sibling Isaac Fayose as Director-General and former Deputy Governor Prof. Olusola Kolapo as patron.

This National Assembly bid is not merely a campaign for a seat; it is a movement to restore governance to the people, drive impactful policy reforms and secure sustainable development for our constituency.

โ€” Emmanuel FayoseSpeaking at the unveiling of his campaign committee in Ado Ekiti.

Fayose stated his candidacy is driven by a desire to offer practical and measurable representation that directly benefits constituents. He described his National Assembly bid as a movement to restore governance to the people, enact impactful policy reforms, and secure sustainable development for the constituency. He emphasized the need for bold leadership, integrity, and a legislative voice capable of articulating and defending the people's aspirations.

Ekiti is at a critical crossroads that requires bold leadership, integrity and a legislative voice capable of articulating and defending the aspirations of the people.

โ€” Emmanuel FayoseDescribing the current political situation in Ekiti.

The candidate outlined his vision for the constituency, centered on four pillars: robust advocacy, rigorous oversight, resource attraction, and citizen inclusion. Fayose asserted that genuine representation should be based on service, competence, empathy, and a clear understanding of governance, rather than wealth or inheritance. He promised a fresh perspective and a leadership approach focused on translating democratic representation into tangible benefits.

True representation cannot be bought, bartered or inherited. It must be earned through consistent service, deep empathy and a clear understanding of policy dynamics.

โ€” Emmanuel FayoseExplaining his view on genuine representation.

Campaigning under the slogan โ€œSupport the future, support Otunba Emmanuel Fayose for better representation,โ€ Fayose urged voters to choose a new era of accountable, inclusive, and development-oriented representation. He called for rejecting past stagnant politics and embracing a future built on equity, accountability, and shared prosperity, emphasizing that real change is a choice, not a chance occurrence.

Real change never happens by chance; it happens by choice. We must reject the stagnant politics of the past and embrace a future built on equity, accountability, and shared prosperity.

โ€” Emmanuel FayoseUrging voters to make a conscious choice for change.
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