Gov Ayo Fayose Quits ‘’Politics’’
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has
ruled out the possibility of contesting the senatorial seat in the 2019 general
elections.
Clarifying that he will never seek any elective
position again, he said
his main preoccupation after leaving office would be to
continue to agitate for a better Nigeria.
Fayose, however,
refused to comment on the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari, when
asked by journalists, saying he would watch events as they unfold before making
any comment on the issue.
The governor
spoke in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday during a meeting with civil servants on grade
levels one to seven in the state civil service.
Fayose, who saluted the workers for their courage and
perseverance in the face of economic recession culminating in unstable payment
of salaries, urged them to discountenance the rumour that he had received the
second tranche of the Paris Club loan refund.
He explained
that what the state got so far was N8.8bn, which was shared between the state
and local governments, “with over 70 per cent of it expended on the payment of
salaries instead of the 50 per cent agreed with the Federal Ministry of Finance.”
He advised the
workers to register at the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration in the
interest of Ekiti.
“I don’t want to contest again, not even for senatorial race
in 2019. One thing I have learnt was that, Ekiti people don’t normally participate
in some government policies where data are collated. And it used to affect us
in getting extra grants or favour from the Federal Government and international
agencies.
“The Federal Government is planning to renovate 1,000 health
centres in Nigeria and Ekiti got only three. When I enquired, they said the
data used to compile the figures didn’t favour Ekiti. If they are to register
for polio vaccine, our people won’t make themselves available, because of
nonchalant attitude
“That is why I won’t care to declare more holidays for people
to get registered. But I want to call on INEC to look into the faulty data
capturing machines. We have had bad experiences since the commencement of the
CVR programme last week and the commission must resolve all these anomalies in
the interest of our people.
“I also want to
note that all these problems won’t reoccur during the 2018 polls, that is the
main reason why INEC, as a commission, must improve on its efficiency,” he
said.
Fayose
encouraged workers to indicate interest in the Fadama Graduate Unemployed Youth
Support Programme for the training of 300 people in Ekiti that would specialise
in commercial farming.
He added that
his government was ready to give the necessary impetus to workers that showed
interest in agriculture.
Punch
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