Fayose To Fayemi: Explain Why You Never Used Your Position To Help Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has accused his predecessor, Dr Kayode Fayemi of not using his present position as a minister in the country to facilitate development of the state.
The governor posited that Fayemi, who is the Minister of Mines and Steel Development has not impacted positively in the state, particularly in helping to tap the huge mineral potentials of the state as a man superintending over the ministry.
Fayose also declared that critical stakeholders loyal to Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi’s group in the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) will defect to another party, if Senator Ali Modu Sheriff wins the appeal pending at
the Supreme Court.
The governor who also stated this Tuesday while interfacing with youths between ages 18 and 22 at the government’s house ground in Ado Ekiti said his predecessor was holding the ministerial position in trust for the people of the State, querying why Fayemi had allegedly failed to use the position to influence Ekiti positively since his appointment.
“The people of Ekiti State must ask Fayemi and other APC appointees what they have been doing with their positions. Some were appointed s board chairmen and members in President Muhammadu
Buhari’s cabinet.
“I believe Fayemi was aware of the mineral potentials of this state and what we expected from him is to use his position to the benefit of this state as minister in charge of mines .
“The question to ask is what have they brought to Ekiti? We have seen Fayemi junketing to Sokoto and Kanfanchan on solid minerals trip, but what has he done with the one here in Ekiti, our people must ask him. When election comes, they will be boasting that they will win election here, this is not possible. We will show them our superiority here in politics in 2018.
“They robbed our party in Edo State and same in Ondo State. Nobody can steal our votes here in Ekiti, because I am on ground and I will tell them I am the master of the game”.
When asked whether he has the intention of leaving the PDP s being rumoured, Fayose stated that no law prohibited him from defecting if the PDP can’t be a veritable platform for him to advance his political
frontiers in 2018.
“I am still a member of the PDP and still the Chairman of the PDP governor’s forum, there are no two sides to it. But the strategy for 2018 poll is strictly my own business. No law says I should not run on the platform of another party if the PDP is no longer a right direction depending on circumstances.
“If they are bent on destroying the PDP, let them go ahead but I will never have anything to do with Senator Sheriff. The party is like a vehicle and the vehicle can’t be more important than the driver”,
