Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji wants Ekiti people to believe that repainting roads, commissioning signboards, and flooding social media with propaganda amount to performance. But beyond the carefully edited videos, orchestrated endorsements, and endless political praise-singing lies a painful reality many ordinary Ekiti residents experience daily — hardship, stagnation, and disappointment.

The greatest tragedy of the BAO administration is not merely underperformance; it is the frightening gap between the massive allocations received by Ekiti State and the embarrassingly little impact visible on the ground. Since the removal of the fuel subsidy, states across Nigeria have received unprecedented increases in federal allocations. Yet Ekiti under Oyebanji still looks like a state struggling to breathe.

Where exactly has the money gone?

A government that has received billions upon billions should not be celebrating ordinary road patching as a monumental achievement. Ekiti people are not beggars who should clap because a governor did the barest minimum expected of governance. Roads remain poor across many communities, youth unemployment remains alarming, rural areas continue to suffer neglect, and economic opportunities are painfully scarce. What, then, is the true evidence of this so-called “good governance”?

The administration boasts about flyovers and urban beautification while many citizens can barely survive the current economic hardship. Governance is not about media optics. It is about visible improvement in the lives of ordinary people. A government that spends more energy promoting itself than transforming the lives of its citizens has failed its purpose.

BAO’s supporters constantly talk about “continuity,” but continuity of what exactly? Continuity of propaganda? Continuity of elite politics? Continuity of managing poverty instead of solving it?

The bitter truth is that many Ekiti people no longer see governance; they see a carefully managed public relations operation designed to manufacture the illusion of progress. Every small project is amplified as if Ekiti has suddenly become Dubai, while the average citizen continues to battle unemployment, inflation, insecurity, and hopelessness.

Even more dangerous is the growing arrogance of power surrounding the administration. When politicians begin to act as though re-election is guaranteed because of endorsements from powerful figures — rather than the genuine satisfaction of the people — democracy itself is threatened. Ekiti has always been known as a politically conscious state, not a colony where citizens are expected to surrender their future to political godfathers and recycled promises.

A second term for BAO risks normalizing mediocrity in Ekiti politics. It sends a dangerous message that performance no longer matters — that leaders can receive huge allocations without corresponding transformation and still be rewarded with another mandate. That is how states collapse slowly: not through sudden disaster, but through the repeated celebration of average leadership as excellence.

The June 20, 2026 election must therefore be more than a political contest. It must be a protest against underperformance disguised as achievement. Ekiti cannot afford four more years of explanations, excuses, and exaggerated publicity.

The people must ask themselves a hard question: if this is the level of development BAO delivered with enormous federal support and all the advantages of incumbency, what exactly should Ekiti expect in another four years besides deeper disappointment?

History will not forgive a people who knowingly reward failure twice.

Ekiti deserves leadership that inspires progress, not leadership that survives on propaganda. The future of the state is too important to be sacrificed on the altar of political loyalty, federal influence, and carefully manufactured public perception.

June 20 is not just an election day. It is a rescue mission for Ekiti State.

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Output

Blockquotes

The blockquote element represents content that is quoted from another source, optionally with a citation which must be within a footer or cite element, and optionally with in-line changes such as annotations and abbreviations.

Blockquote without attribution

Syntax

> Tiam, ad mint andaepu dandae nostion secatur sequo quae.  
> **Note** that you can use _Markdown syntax_ within a blockquote.

Output

Tiam, ad mint andaepu dandae nostion secatur sequo quae.
Note that you can use Markdown syntax within a blockquote.

Blockquote with attribution

Syntax

> Don't communicate by sharing memory, share memory by communicating.<br>
> — <cite>Rob Pike[^1]</cite>

Output

Don’t communicate by sharing memory, share memory by communicating.
— Rob Pike¹

Tables

Syntax

| Italics   | Bold     | Code   |
| --------- | -------- | ------ |
| _italics_ | **bold** | `code` |

Output

Italics	Bold	Code
italics	bold	code

Code Blocks

Syntax

we can use 3 backticks ``` in new line and write snippet and close with 3 backticks on new line and to highlight language specific syntax, write one word of language name after first 3 backticks, for eg. html, javascript, css, markdown, typescript, txt, bash

```html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>Example HTML5 Document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>Test</p>
  </body>
</html>
```

Output

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>Example HTML5 Document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>Test</p>
  </body>
</html>

List Types

Ordered List

Syntax

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item

Output

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item

Unordered List

Syntax

- List item
- Another item
- And another item

Output

• List item
• Another item
• And another item

Nested list

Syntax

- Fruit
  - Apple
  - Orange
  - Banana
- Dairy
  - Milk
  - Cheese

Output

• Fruit

  • Apple
  • Orange
  • Banana

• Dairy

  • Milk
  • Cheese

Other Elements — abbr, sub, sup, kbd, mark

Syntax

<abbr title="Graphics Interchange Format">GIF</abbr> is a bitmap image format.

H<sub>2</sub>O

X<sup>n</sup> + Y<sup>n</sup> = Z<sup>n</sup>

Press <kbd>CTRL</kbd> + <kbd>ALT</kbd> + <kbd>Delete</kbd> to end the session.

Most <mark>salamanders</mark> are nocturnal, and hunt for insects, worms, and other small creatures.

Output

GIF is a bitmap image format.

H₂O

Xⁿ + Yⁿ = Zⁿ

Press CTRL + ALT + Delete to end the session.

Most salamanders are nocturnal, and hunt for insects, worms, and other small creatures.

Footnotes

1. The above quote is excerpted from Rob Pike’s talk during Gopherfest, November 18, 2015. ↩