SOUTH WEST IS THE BATTLEGROUND FOR THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (EKITI)
Written by Suleiman A Gamawa
No doubt Jonathan can boast a formidable support base in the South-South region, where he hails from, and the parts of the South-East, Buhari will surely enjoy a huge followership in the North. Getting majority votes in their respective comfort zones may not be a tough row to hoe for the two candidates though, but to win the race would require them winning majority of the votes in the South-West(Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo ) is generally seen as the main battleground for the 2015 presidential election.
The two powerful presidential contenders President Jonathan and former head of State Gen. Buhari would obviously save the best of their outing campaigns in the South-West,part of the country where the February election would be won and lost.
We need to looks at the constituents in South west region to determine how the votes would be cast in these states.
(2011 South-West data by INEC)
1. EKITI.............750,753. Voters
2. LAGOS..........6,247,845. Voters
3. OGUN...........1,869,326. Voters
4. ONDO...........1,558,975. Voters
5. OSUN............1,293,967. Voters
6. OYO..............2,577,490. Voters
TOTAL: .......... 14,298,356. Voters
1. EKITI STATE:
is a state in South-West region of Nigeria The state was carved out of Ondo State, in 1 October 1996 the state have 16 Local government With the Population of 2.8 million people most of them are Yoruba.
The state has a prolonged political crisis. In 2006 military administration was imposed to calm the political storm in the state.
Ekiti is PDP state governing by Peter Ayodele Fayose and In the coming (2015) elections, the PDP is likely to carry the day in national and state assembly elections, but the table would likely be turned against (PDP) in the presidential election.
Since Governor Ayodele Fayose came on board, a lot of allegations of misdeeds had been unearthed against former Governor Fayemi (APC) which may work against the APC in the general election.
For instance, the huge debt profile left by the former APC governor, which the present administration put at N84billion construction of some legacy projects which the present government described as gigantic and wasteful, non-payment of workers’ August and September salaries, non-remittance of cooperatives deduction from workers’ salaries and other unresolved grievances, may be used against the APC in Ekiti. With the exit of Fayemi from office, APC is gradually being silenced, except for press statements the party issues occasionally. Though the number of people Ekiti state that registered and eligible to vote according to INEC are: 750,758 People. But some people complain that they did not have their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) yet
Question:
Who will win Ekiti Buhari Or Jonathan ?
Article By: Suleiman A Gamawa
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