Politics
As expected, Fayemi resigns from Buhari’s cabinet
Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Solid Minerals, on Wednesday resigned his appointment from the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to pursue his gubernatorial ambition, having picked the All Progressive Congress (APC) ticket in the forth coming July governorship poll in Ekiti State.
The minister announced his resignation during a valedictory press briefing at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
Fayemi said that he had few weeks ago written President Muhammadu Buhari over his resignation, effective from May 30, which according to him was accepted by Buhari.
Fayemi’s supporters were alleged to have disrupted the initial APC governorship primary election in Ekiti State.
He however emerged winner of the rescheduled election for the party governorship ticket for the state July 14, 2018 governorship election.
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The former Ekiti State governor had denied that his seeking for another four years in office after suffering defeat as incumbent governor in 2014 was as a result of desperation.
According to him, the desire to return as the state governor was borne out of his inability to finish his mission in the first tenure.
He had claimed, “I have a sense of unfinished business; not a sense of wanting to come back for desperate reasons. I served as governor of the state for four years – whatever I’m doing is based on the record that somebody could be subjected to critical scrutiny.”
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