The Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, who is a staunch critic of
President Muhammadu Buhari, stormed the presidential villa in
Abuja yesterday.
At a time President Muhammadu Buhari is in the United States of
America for the United Nations General Assembly, his staunch critic,
Governor Ayodele Fayose, of Ekiti state, is currently at the
presidential villa in Abuja attending the national economic council
meeting chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
According to TheCable News, some of the governors in attendance are
Governors; Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Abdulfatah
Ahmed (Kwara), Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) and Abiola
Ajimobi (Oyo).
Fayose has attended a few of the economic meetings hosted at the
presidential villa. Recall that at a two-day economic retreat held at
the villa in March, he stormed out of the old banquet hall, venue of the
programme, midway into the programme.
Speaking with journalists shortly after, Fayose dared Buhari to
declare a state of emergency in Rivers where there were incidents of
violence ahead of the legislative rerun election and in Ekiti.
He later issued a statement, in which he described the economic retreat as a jamboree.
READ IT AFTER THE CUT.......................
“I was at the retreat and I can tell Nigerians categorically
that it was just a jamboree. It was a waste of over N250m public fund
because most of the resource persons were the same people who ran their
states aground.
“Instead of wasting over N250 million on such a jamboree, it
would have been better if the fund was given to those downtrodden
Nigerians, who are trading with as little as N5,000.
“For instance, at N10,000 each, N250 million will go round
25,000 pepper sellers whose capital is not more than N5,000 and that
would go a long way in boosting their trade,” he had said.
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