Governor Ayodele
Fayose of Ekiti State yesterday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari
saying the only achievement recorded by the administration has been the
harassment of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In a statement, Governor Fayose
commended the president for his efforts at ending the Boko Haram insurgency
saying “I wish to call on all Nigerians to support the President in restoring
peace to the Boko Haram ravaged North Eastern part of Nigeria.”
He, however, berated the Buhari
administration for the alleged lopsided appointments, selective anti-corruption
crusade and the recent invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House by
officials of the Department of State Security, DSS.
Besides, he said “As at today,
the only achievement recorded by the President Buhari’s government is the
harassment of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those perceived
as not on the same political page with the president in his party.”
In addition, he said: “President
Mohammadu Buhari’s government is now 100 days and even though I align with most
Nigerians, who opined that 100 days is too short in the life of a government,
it is important to make some clarifications as regards the administration. This
is more so that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some political jobbers
that are looking for appointments are praising the President, citing imaginary
achievements.”
Also, he said: “Former President
Goodluck Jonathan and those who worked with him as well as PDP governors and
leaders are now targets of harassment, and by this, the president is telling
Nigerians that it does not pay to be honourable. Dr Goodluck Jonathan was
honourable enough to allow a peaceful transition and conceded to the president
even though it was obvious that his victory was questionable. Visiting such a
person and those who worked with him with persecution as being done now, is no
doubt a sad reminder of the reason we have many sit-tight leaders in Africa.
Interestingly, some of those who
worked with Dr Goodluck Jonathan that the APC called thieves are now being
appointed to manage the affairs of international organisations like the World
Bank and African Development Bank.”
Assembly approves bailout package
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State House
of Assembly has permitted the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, to obtain
loans and explore avenues to help the government extricate itself from current
financial crisis.
It resolved that the governor
should partake in the Excess Crude Account (ECA)-backed loan being made
available to states facing challenges of finance to the tune of N10 billion.
In a statement by the Special
Assistant (Media) to the House Speaker, Stephen Gbadamosi, the assembly also
passed a resolution on the intention of the state government to partake in the
Federal Government bailout package for payment of backlog arrears of workers’
salaries and bonuses.
The Speaker, Pastor Kola
Oluwawole explained that the state governor had written a letter to the House
seeking its resolution over the matter.
About N19.6 billion loan will be
accessed by the state, apart from the N10 billion from ECA, the government
would access N9,604,430,000 from Skye Bank on a 20-year repayment plan at nine
per cent interest.
Ask APC govs to declare assets
instead — PDP
Also, the Peoples Democratic
Party in Ekiti State has asked the state chapter of the All Progressive
Congress to advice the governors elected on the platform of their party to
first of all declare their assets before shamefully demanding for that of the
Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose.
The PDP said until the opposition
party do this they should remain in the wilderness of foolishness where their
likes belongs as its expected that a party peopled by intelligent persons
should know that you can only ask question on what you are not guilty of.
This was the assertion of the
Ekiti PDP in a statement by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr Jackson Adebayo
in Ado Ekiti in reaction to the purported demand by the opposition party that
the Governor of the State, Mr Ayo Fayose should declare his assets.
The PDP asserted that the
declaration made by President Muhammadu Buhari contained many loopholes which
no sensible being should be proud of.
Adebayo stated that the
declaration made by Buhari cannot be compared to that made by the late
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua which till date has been adjudged as a perfect
declaration by any Nigerian President.
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