Group fires Fayemi for naming ‘only one’ Muslim Commissioner nominee

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has chastised Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State for marginalising Muslim faithfu in his appointment.

This is coming few days after the governor forwarded a list of fourteen commissioner nominees to the state assembly on Tuesday.

In a press statement signed on Thursday by MURIC Founder and Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the group said the governor’s move fell below expectations.

Akintola,in the statement, described Feyemo as a betrayer who ‘’has grossly shortchanged Muslims.

“How can he give us only one commissioner out of fourteen? What parameter did he use? This is most disappointing. Fayemi has blindfolded Muslims in Ekiti state. Muslims are not part of his government.

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“Ekiti State executive is not truly representative. It is undemocratic. It is a sham. The disappointment is even more painful because Governor Fayemi had been touted as a very liberal Christian. But see what he has done to us.

“They asked for proportionate representation but this is what Fayemi gave them: an empty pot of porridge. Ekiti Muslims do not deserve this humiliation. It is a betrayal in view of the undiluted support they gave Fayemi during the elections,“ he lamented.

The group threatened to truncate any future ambition by the governor, saying “We will remember this if Fayemi seeks higher office in future.”

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