As Ondo State Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, moves to secure the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket, his campaign group , Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers (LACO-FS) has secured the support of several Ondo State indigenes in the Diaspora, who are willing to make various contributions.
This was disclosed in Lagos on Tuesday by the LACO-FS State Director on Diaspora Matters, Hon. Dare Aliu, while chatting with newsmen.
Aliu said Ondo State indigenes working outside the country had been monitoring events in the homestate diligently, and that the majority of them felt Aiyedatiwa had been unduly vilified by detractors and enemies of progress, and so deserved to be helped in any way.
“My fellow Ondo State indigenes are not happy with all those who waged undue war against Governor Aiyedatiwa when he was deputy governor under the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
“They are, however, happy that Governor Aiyedatiwa, through providence, came out ‘of the lions’ den’ triumphant and that since he became Governor, he has cleared all arrears of unpaid salaries, re-mobilised frustrated road contractors back to site and has also initiated new development projects.
“So, the people in the Diaspora see a vistas of hope in this man Aiyedatiwa and they are eager to make financial and other contributions to his campaigns with high hopes that he will first secure the APC ticket, and then win the governorship election come November, this year,” Aliu revealed.
He added that plans were underway by his Diaspora Department in the campaign organisation to introduce foreign investors to the Aiyedatiwa administration, with a view to transforming Ondo State to one of Nigeria’s main industrial hubs.
“We have more than enough mineral resources in Ondo State to be tapped for economic wealth of not just of our people alone but of all Nigerians.
“These resources include bitumen, coal, oil and gas, feldspar, gemstones, dimension stones, glass and granite, gypsum, kaolin, limestones, and others,” he stressed.
Aliu said his Diaspora Office in the LACO-FS would soon invite the Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria to meet with the governor to discuss areas of collaboration between Sweden and Ondo State of Nigeria, in terms of home investment.