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Ekiti Rebirth Organisation (ERO), a socio-political group, says the release of the timetable for the governorship election in the state is the “cheeriest” news.

It also said the release of the timetable signals a significant step towards “banishing locusts from our state”.

Last week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the election will hold on July 14, 2018.

The tenure of Ayodele Fayose, the state governor, will elapse on October 15.

Speaking in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, Felix Adebisi, ERO director-general, commended the electoral body for the release of the timetable.

“Ekiti people have strong faith in our democracy. We have suffered long under the present maximum ruler and are excited with any piece of news of hope that his days are numbered,” Adebisi said.

“The INEC governorship timetable is in tune with the rhythm of hope now playing in our people’s ears, it syncs with that melody of confidence that we will use the ballot box to re-write the fortune of Ekiti and restore all lost glory.

“These are trying times in Ekiti, workers are owed upward of nine months salary and you have a governor that went on national TV to lie that he is owing only four months!

“We have a governor who abandoned his long-suffering people to embark on a wild goose chase in the form of a laughable presidential ambition.

“One who promised to use agriculture to revamp the national economy but failed to tell the world that he has not caused one single hectare of farm to be cultivated in the state he has misruled for over three years.

“There is therefore, no news as cheery as one that says his days are numbered.”

Adebisi said his group would take the “message of hope” to all the nooks and cranny of Ekiti.

“What we are going to be saying to our people is put the INEC timetable on the wall of your house. Check it every morning and say hope is near. Ekiti’s rebirth is sure.”