Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose,
has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to go beyond apologising to
Nigerians by correcting some flawed policies and steps his
administration has taken since assuming office.
He also urged the President to stop
seeing himself as a sectional leader or the president of the All
Progressives Congress but as the leader of all groups and people of the
country.
Fayose, according to a statement by his
Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, on Sunday, however, commended
the President for admitting some errors his government had made.
The governor also advised the President
to be wary of some selfish persons in the APC who were bent on using his
name to commit atrocities in the name of politics.
The statement read, “This is a moment of
truth. I commend the President for being bold enough to apologise for
his lapses. He has come out to admit and accept that criticism is part
of democracy. He can do whatever he likes, but it must be within the
ambit of the law.
“The President has swallowed his pride
by admitting that there is a sharp drop in electricity and that we are
experiencing an agonising fuel scarcity in the country. They told us the
refineries are working, but that is a lie, we are still importing fuel.
“The President cannot continue to apologise for everything. A leader must think very well before making policy statements.”
Fayose called on the President to find a
lasting solution to the lingering fuel scarcity, address job losses and
to pay attention to security issues, rather than exerting energy on
silencing the opposition.
“Look at the Agatu killings. That place
is a food basket for the country and when herdsmen went on the rampage,
destroying lives and property, we should not fold arms,” he said.
Fayose also condemned the manner elections were conducted under the present regime.
He said the legacy of credible elections left behind by former President Goodluck Jonathan had been destroyed.
He added, “It is an understatement to
describe the elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Rivers states by the Buhari
administration as a show of shame. This is an aspect where the President
has to be very careful. He must not allow himself to be used by some
rejected and crooked politicians.”
Meanwhile, a chieftain of the APC in the
state, Olusegun Osinkolu, has advised Fayose to face governance and
stop attacking the President.
Osinkolu said President Buhari had been working assiduously to make tremendous impact.
He said it was appalling for Fayose to abandon governance for frivolities.
He urged him to stop dissipating energy on Buhari in the interest of the people.
While addressing his supporters in Ayede
Ekiti on Sunday, Osinkolu commended the National Leader of the APC,
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for cautioning the Minister of State for Petroleum,
Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on how to address Nigerians on the issue of fuel
scarcity.
While also calling for the dissolution
of the state working committee of the APC in Ekiti State ahead of the
2018 governorship election, the former senatorial aspirant alleged that
the Chief Jide Awe-led SWC was handpicked
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