As the people of Ekiti go to the polls, the single question on their minds ought to be: Are we better off today than we were three and half years ago? We believe that a sizeable number of the people of Ekiti State will answer this question in the affirmative. As the Ekiti State governorship election holds tomorrow, Saturday, June 21, 2014, there is no doubt that the three frontline candidates, namely, Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ayodele Fayose, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Opeyemi Bamidele, of the Labour Party (LP) have canvassed their manifestoes before the electorate.
While the opposition candidates have been striving to present themselves as alternatives to the status quo, the incumbent, Governor Fayemi, has made it clear that he is running on his record since assuming office. Be these as they may, what is most manifest is that, at the heart of the election on Saturday is a referendum on the three and half years governance of Fayemi.
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