Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said that Nigerians were suffering under the
All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari
because “the country is in the hands of wrong managers who do not know what to
do and out of nepotism, not ready to be assisted by those who know.” Fayose and
Buhari Fayose and Buhari The governor said, “presently, Nigerians are
suffering, hungry and angry because the APC federal government has run the
country aground,” adding that, “Nigeria has gone beyond recession, the economy
has collapsed completely and painfully, those who should revive the economy do
not have any clue as to what to do.” In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, by
his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor
Fayose said Nigeria was experiencing the worst form of nepotism in the history
of government in the country, saying, “nepotism is the reason our President
discarded competent people in his party that should be running the government
with him and opted for his relatives, friends, in-laws and very close
associates.” “The only qualification to hold key positions in the Presidency is
to know a certain nephew of the President or be a member of his family, that’s
is nepotism and what nepotism breeds is incompetence. “The most influential
person in the Presidency today is said to be one Mamman Daura, who is a nephew
of the President. Personal Assistant to President Buhari is said to be the son
of Mamman Daura, while the State Chief of Protocol is said to be married to
Mamman Daura’s daughter,” “It is also the height of nepotism that apart from
just two, all security chiefs and heads of all the paramilitary agencies in
Nigeria, as well as all the political-heads overseeing all the military and
paramilitary arms and agencies are from the North of Nigeria,” the governor
said. He said President Buhari was obviously being tormented by fear of the
unknown, which he described as the main reason people take to nepotism. “As a
leader, you don’t need to fear anything. But the moment a leader peeps into the
future, realising that his lack of capacity could have consequential effects on
him, such a leader will definitely resort to nepotism to protect himself.
“Also, the moment a government is unable to guarantee the existence of the
people, it must resort to nepotism to protect itself and that is exactly what
is being witnessed in Nigeria, especially with the lopsided appointments of
security chiefs and key functionaries of the Federal Government,” he said.
While lamenting the parlous state of the country’s economy, Governor Fayose
said: “Most of those people that aided the emergence of President Buhari must
be having a rethink now, but it is too late! “Interestingly, political
affiliation has nothing to do with hunger, poverty and lack. “Exchange rate was
less than N200 to $1 when President Buhari took over power, as at today, it has
gone beyond N400 to $1 and Naira is still undergoing a free fall. One bag of
rice was less than N8, 000 as at May 2016, it is now N20, 000. Kerosene is now
beyond the reach of the masses. “Nigerians voted for change because the APC
promised them solutions to the country’s problems, but all we hear every day
from the APC Federal Government are complaints upon complaints as if Nigerians
elected a government of complaints. “Obviously, the APC government has failed
Nigerians and the President has resorted to putting his immediate family
members and close associates in key government positions to protect himself
from the fear of the unknown that has enveloped him.
Governor Ayodele Fayose
of Ekiti State has said that Nigerians were suffering under the All
Progressives Congress (APC) government of
President Muhammadu Buhari because “the country is in the hands of wrong
managers who do not know what to do and out of nepotism, not ready to
be assisted by those who know.”
Fayose and Buhari
Fayose and Buhari
The governor said, “presently, Nigerians are suffering, hungry and angry
because the APC federal government has run the country aground,” adding
that, “Nigeria has gone beyond recession, the economy has collapsed
completely and painfully, those who should revive the economy do not
have any clue as to what to do.”
In a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, by his Special Assistant on
Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said
Nigeria was experiencing the worst form of nepotism in the history of
government in the country, saying, “nepotism is the reason our President
discarded competent people in his party that should be running the
government with him and opted for his relatives, friends, in-laws and
very close associates.”
“The only qualification to hold key positions in the Presidency is to
know a certain nephew of the President or be a member of his family,
that’s is nepotism and what nepotism breeds is incompetence.
“The most influential person in the Presidency today is said to be one
Mamman Daura, who is a nephew of the President. Personal Assistant to
President Buhari is said to be the son of Mamman Daura, while the State
Chief of Protocol is said to be married to Mamman Daura’s daughter,”
“It is also the height of nepotism that apart from just two, all
security chiefs and heads of all the paramilitary agencies in Nigeria,
as well as all the political-heads overseeing all the military and
paramilitary arms and agencies are from the North of Nigeria,” the
governor said.
He said President Buhari was obviously being tormented by fear of the
unknown, which he described as the main reason people take to
nepotism.
“As a leader, you don’t need to fear anything. But the moment a leader
peeps into the future, realising that his lack of capacity could have
consequential effects on him, such a leader will definitely resort to
nepotism to protect himself.
“Also, the moment a government is unable to guarantee the existence of
the people, it must resort to nepotism to protect itself and that is
exactly what is being witnessed in Nigeria, especially with the lopsided
appointments of security chiefs and key functionaries of the
Federal Government,” he said.
While lamenting the parlous state of the country’s economy, Governor
Fayose said: “Most of those people that aided the emergence of
President Buhari must be having a rethink now, but it is too late!
“Interestingly, political affiliation has nothing to do with hunger,
poverty and lack.
“Exchange rate was less than N200 to $1 when President Buhari took over
power, as at today, it has gone beyond N400 to $1 and Naira is
still undergoing a free fall. One bag of rice was less than N8, 000 as
at May 2016, it is now N20, 000. Kerosene is now beyond the reach of the
masses.
“Nigerians voted for change because the APC promised them solutions to
the country’s problems, but all we hear every day from the APC Federal
Government are complaints upon complaints as if Nigerians elected a
government of complaints.
“Obviously, the APC government has failed Nigerians and the President
has resorted to putting his immediate family members and close
associates in key government positions to protect himself from the fear
of the unknown that has enveloped him.
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