Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, said on Friday that his administration has paid N500million counterpart fund for the World Bank funded Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Programme (RAAMP) to access funds needed to rehabilitate the roads to all major farms in the state.
Speaking at an interactive session with farmers at Government Reserve Forest across the 18 local government areas of the state as part of the electioneering for the October 10 election, the governor vowed to make the state an envy of all within and beyond Nigeria in the agriculture sector if re-elected for a second term.
The interactive session held at Adegbemile Cultural Center, Akure, the state capital, ended with an endorsement of Akeredolu for another term by the Farmers’ Association.
The farmers promised to mobilize their members across the state to ensure that the governor returned to office.
He said: “Dear farmers, let me congratulate you for what you are going to benefit from my second term if you renew your social contract with me.
“Some months ago, I paid the sum of N500million to RAAMP to be able to access funds needed to be used to rehabilitate all the roads that lead to major farms across the 18 local government areas of our state but the project was delayed by the National Assembly who didn’t approve the funds on time.
“However, today, I am pleased to inform you that RAAMP has been approved by the National Assembly. My second term will make the roads to your farms accessible through all forms of transportation technology.
“Continuity is the key. You need me to return to make this happen and I need you to return to make history because I want to work for tomorrow. I want to work for posterity. I want to create jobs through agriculture. I want Ondo to stop relying on allocation from Abuja. I want an Ondo that investors will troop into like market.
“By the grace of God, you will all smile in my second term than you have smiled in my first term thus far. You have said I am the best thus far, be rest assured that I won’t betray your trust if you renew your social contract with me”
Endorsing the Governor for second term, the farmers, led by the Olu of Omifunfun, Idanre, Oba Ilemobayo Akinwolemi, said Akeredolu deserved another round of era in power because of his unusual performance thus far.
Flanked by his Executive members, Oba Akinwolemi, said no Governor has done what the Akeredolu led-administration has done for farmers since the State was created in 1976.
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