Peter Obafemi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Ekiti, has described Governor Abiodun Oyebanji’s flyover initiative as a misplaced priority.

In a statement after a stakeholders meeting of Ekiti indigenes in Lagos on Sunday, Mr Obafemi said development initiatives should not lack purpose.

The aviation executive said the flyover at the Okeyinmi-Ijigbo roundabout in Ado-Ekiti lacked strategic initiative that could spur industrialisation.

Mr Obafemi, the Ikole-Ekiti-born businessman turned politician, said that instead of “celebrating unproductive projects,” Mr Oyebanji must concentrate more on service delivery to meet the needs of the Ekiti people.

“Enough of the brawl over flyover,” said Mr Obafemi. “Governor Oyebanji should please consult widely, create jobs, woo investors, engage the youths, pay pensioners on time, build industries and revive old ones.”

The PDP governorship aspirant said the state should not be made to head for the woods for lack of focus.

He said those on whom society has placed on their shoulders the responsibility to sound off for justice have suddenly lost their voices.

“Yes, the elites seem to have been hounded into compulsory silence, and the lawmakers appear to have retreated to slumber land.

“Ekiti, the fountain of knowledge and land of honour, is laboriously gasping for breath,” Mr Obafemi said.

The PDP governorship aspirant called for special attention to agriculture and farmers.

According to him, Ekiti must continue to build the economy, attract local and foreign investors, and open economic windows for its people, just as other states in the South-West do.

“The governor must give attention to agriculture, expand investment in education, give a little thought to the health sector, fulfil your job promises and fear God,” Mr Obafemi said.