Mr. Fayose spoke after receiving his certificate of return at the Independent National Electoral Commission's office in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday. He said he will use his position as the new leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West to achieve his aim.
He received the certificate alongside Dr. Olusola Eleka, his deputy, amid cheers from his supporters and well-wishers within and outside the state.
"God has today, by this certificate turned me to a leader in the South-West. I will go from here to begin to energise our people from one state to another until we take back our inheritance," he
said in his speech.
"When you are running a race of life, you don't look right or left. You must go for the goal and attain it. I am going for the goal like Awolowo. My target is the common people while I will respect the elite."
Fayose disclosed that he would patronize politicians in his administration and not technocrats of no political background.
He said, "There are many technocrats in the PDP. I won't bring any technocrat from anywhere. If you are technocrat come back and do politics with us. Suffer like us, when we don't sleep, you don't
sleep, don't go and stay somewhere and say because you are a doctor, you are a professor, we should come and give the post of politicians to you."
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