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| Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose. |
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele
Fayose, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to tread cautiously and be
mindful of the body
language of those hailing him today.
The governor, who said he was aware of
sinister plots to destabilise his government because of his strong and
truthful stands on national issues, vowed to “continue to speak the
truth no matter whose ox is gored.”
Reminding the President that he is not
heading a military regime, Fayose added that he could not be cowed by
threats from any quarters.
According
to a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and
New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose urged Buhari to take the advice of the
former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace
Committee, which told him to tread cautiously.
The statement said, “Opposition is one
of the roots on which democracy stands and any President or governor
that does not want opposition will eventually become a dictator.
“I want to state without fear or favour that I will continue to speak the truth no matter whose ox is gored.
“Nigeria belongs to all of us and no one
can intimidate me or the good people of Ekiti State who freely and
overwhelmingly gave me their mandate.
“Democracy as a form of government thrives on our ability to ask questions and get answers from our leaders.”
The governor urged the President to listen to wise counsel from Abubakar.
“The Peace Committee has reminded the
President that he is not heading a military government and with the
calibre of Nigerians in the committee, their wise counsel should not be
ignored.
“These are Nigerians who don’t need
personal favours from the President and he should get the message very
clearly that he is being told not to act as a dictator,” Fayose said.
Fayose, who also advised the President
to know that Nigerians were not interested in “any honeymoon,” but their
well-being, added that Buhari’s achievements in his first 100 days so
far were “harassment of Peoples Democratic Party leaders, appointment of
his in-law and kinsmen into sensitive positions, selective fight
against corruption and arrest and detention of INEC officials who worked
in states won by the PDP.”
While declaring support for the fight
against corruption, Fayose however noted that “fighting corruption
should not be synonymous with convicting Nigerians on the pages of
newspapers.”
Source: Punch Newspaper
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