Politics
Fayose dares Buhari
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has dared President Muhammadu Buhari saying no one can intimidate him just as he urged the president to tread
cautiously and be mindful of the body language of those hailing him today.
Fayose who vowed that he would “continue to speak the truth no matter whose ox is gored” said he was aware of sinister plots to destabilise his government because of his strong and truthful stands on national issues but maintained that he could not be cowed by threats from any quarters.
According to a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose reminded Buhari that he is not heading a military regime, and advised him to take the advice of the former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, which told him to tread cautiously.
“Opposition is one of the roots on which democracy stands and any
President or governor that does not want opposition will eventually become a dictator.
“I want to state without fear or favour that I will continue to speak the truth no matter whose ox is gored.
“Nigeria belongs to all of us and no one can intimidate me or the good people of Ekiti State who freely and overwhelmingly gave me their mandate.
“Democracy as a form of government thrives on our ability to ask questions and get answers from our leaders”.
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He also stated, that “The Peace Committee has reminded the President that he is not heading a military government and with the calibre of Nigerians in the committee, their wise counsel should not be ignored.
“These are Nigerians who don’t need personal favours from the President and he should get the message very clearly that he is being told not to act as a dictator,” the statement said.
While declaring support for the fight against corruption, Fayose noted that
“fighting corruption should not be synonymous with convicting Nigerians on the pages of newspapers”, advising the President that Nigerians were not interested in “any honeymoon,” but their well-being, adding that Buhari’s achievements in his first 100 days so far were “harassment of Peoples Democratic Party leaders, appointment of his in-law and kinsmen in to sensitive positions, selective fight against corruption and arrest and detention of INEC officials who worked in states won by the PDP.”
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Oise Oikelomen
August 17, 2015 at 2:19 pm
Who told this Fayose man that showing disrespect for elders is tantamount to “strong and truthful standard on national issues”?
James Iliya
August 17, 2015 at 5:10 pm
Some of your points are real, but some will need a little construction
Gavin Bond
August 18, 2015 at 10:02 am
What Nigeria MUST DO is find a way to be like the USA democratically, that is, ABOLISHING the present Neo-colonialist system. It should embrace Autonomy like it had during the brief Self-government period.
The Federal Government should not have powers over the States. Nigeria will never develop properly until individual State is allowed to compete with others. Competition between the States is what will drive progress like it did in the early 1960s.
Revenue allocations is the means of control applied by Central Governments as in the UK for example, where a form of colonisation still exists. The one that controls the money has the power to dictate. Therefore, Central Governments like ours and the UK is Centralise Dictatorship. After the elections, do they consult the people again? Do they consult the electorates before awarding themselves megabuck salaries? When the ordinary workers demand fair wages/salary, do they listen? It does not because it had become an elected collective dictatorship. That is the principle of this democratic system we have in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. We MUST introduce Full Autonomy!
The States must be given the freedom to invite investors without having to seek the permission of central government. Individual States should be able to invite power generation companies to build and supply energy in their States without the permission of the Central Government! Democracy should begin at the Village level. You can get an idea of how this will work in the book “Africa the richest continent with the poorest people”.