Fayose: PVC, a must in Ekiti

The need for the people of Ekiti State and Nigerians at large to, as a matter of urgency, obtain the Permanent Voters’ Card (PVC) has been stressed by Governor Ayodele Fayose.
He warned that any citizen who has attained the age of 18 but has no PVC would, henceforth, lose his rights and privileges in the state.
Fayose, who gave the warning in Aramoko Ekiti, on Friday while commissioning water reticulation project, said not having PVC connotes that such citizen offers no civic responsibility to government and will be deemed as having nothing to enjoy from government.
The governor who also flagged off ceremony of the 14.5 km Awo-Ara-Ijero road at Awo in Irepodun/Ifelodun local
government, said: “If you don’t have your PVC, you may no longer enjoy benefits from government because very soon, about 10,000 people will benefit N10,000 monthly in our social security scheme.
“From now henceforth, PVC is a must. It will be your ticket to enjoy patronage. If you are contractor resident in Ekiti and you don’t have PVC, no contract for you because all of us has one role or the other to play for each other.
“This road was constructed when I was in government in 2003 and since then, nothing has been done on it. I promised during my electioneering campaign that I will do this road and what we are doing today is a promise kept”.
Making veiled allusion to the 2018 governorship poll, Fayose said: “Always cast your votes for candidates who can remember you. In most cases in Nigeria, people will decide to vote for someone because of money and that is why we haven’t got a messiah to turn around this country”.
Fayose, who said the project will be completed within four months, assured the people of Aramoko Ekiti of adequate water supply from Ero Dam, at least, thrice a week to cushion the effect of the long dry season and dearth of potable water in the town.
“For the past 12 years, Aramoko Ekiti did not enjoy water. Ero Dam supplies water to about nine LGs in this state and some of the pipes have been damaged which we had to repair in spite of the dwindling economic resources to give them water.
“My coming back for a second term was for a purpose and I want to do those things that will make me remain in the hearts of the people.
“Very soon, we will replicate same feat in other local governments because Egbe, Ureje and Itapaji dams too need some turnaround maintenance which we will do to make water available to our people,” Fayose said.
On the complaint raised about epileptic electricity supply in the two towns, Fayose said though the sector has been privatised, he assured that his government will use its political will to create enabling environment and reach out to those concerned for people to enjoy light.
Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Fasiku Ademiloye, has revealed that contractors including P. W Limited with N6.7 billion, KOPEK , N5.7 billion, Levant, N6.4 billion, August 10 Concept Global Resources limited N5.9 billion and ART Consultant N5. 8
billion, had bidded for the construction of the proposed flyover in the state capital.
He said the Consultant appointed by the state government, the ART consultant limited has pegged the estimated cost of the flyover to N5.8 billion.
The Permanent Secretary said in the bid for the construction of the Ado-Ikere road extension, the contractors that bidded included KOPEK with the price of N533 million, August 10 Concept N568 million and Kaymon construction limited N546 million.
The Secretary to Ekiti State Government, Dr Modupe Alade, who led other management team of relevant Ministry Department and Agencies (MDA) to perform the bid opening, assured the people that the project would be completed in record time.