Gov Fayose of Ekiti President Buhari
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of promoting the worst kind of nepotism in Nigeria’s history.
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of promoting the worst kind of nepotism in Nigeria’s history, Premium Times reports.
Speaking through his special assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said Nigerians are suffering under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government 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 said: “Nigerians are suffering, hungry and angry because the APC federal government has run the country aground. “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.”
“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 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.
“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.” Fayose also lamented the poor state of the country’s economy.
He 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 Fayose has been one of the active critics of the Buhari-led government.
He recently came under severe backlash from a pressure group within the in Ekiti state civil service known as Enlightened Workers’ Forum (EWF). The group criticized him for his outbursts on a radio programme, where he attacked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the recent seizure of his assets.
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