HOW MY NON RE-ELECTION IN 2014 SET EKITI BACK — FAYEMI - VANGUARD
EKITI STATE
IN THIS INTERVIEW WITH JOURNALISTS IN LAGOS, FAYEMI SPOKE ON HOW THE RE-ELECTION HIATUS ADVERSELY AFFECTED EKITI. HE ALSO SPOKE ON THE NEED FOR RESTRUCTURING, WHY STATES MUST HAVE JOINT ACCOUNTS WITH LOCAL COUNCILS AND WHY LABOUR SHOULD JETTISON ITS PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL ACTION MINIMUM WAGE.
HIGHLIGHTS NIGERIANS RE-ELECTED BUHARI FOR STABILITY WHY GOVERNORS MUST NOT DISTRACT THEMSELVES WITH PROBE OF PREDECESSORS WHY I REMAIN AN APOSTLE OF RESTRUCTURING TALKS ABOUT NIGERIA BEEN A THREE-TIER FEDERATION IS A DISTORTION NFIU HAS NO BUSINESS LOCAL COUNCIL FUNDS NFIU CAN’T CONFRONT GOVS, THEY’RE DISTURBING BANKS ON CLAIMS THAT ALMOST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC-LED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE COUNTRY HAS NOT WITNESSED POSITIVE CHANGE
THE FACT IS THAT NIGERIANS JUST RE-ELECTED THE APC-LED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A SECOND TERM. OF COURSE, YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT ELECTION IS THE BEST OPTION OF MEASURING PERFORMANCE BY POLITICAL PARTIES AS WE HAVEN’T DEVISED ANY OTHER MEANS TO JUDGE POLITICAL PARTIES. YOU MAY ARGUE ON THE FAIRNESS AND CREDIBILITY OF THE PROCESSES OF THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE VEHICLE FOR SORTING IT OUT. THE JURISTS ARE STILL ON THAT; THERE IS STILL ONE LEG TO GO, SO WE WON’T PUSH THAT ANY FURTHER. TO YOUR SUBSTANTIVE QUESTION THAT CONCERNS EVERY NIGERIAN AND WHICH IS: HOW FAR HAS APC GONE IN TAKING NIGERIA OUT OF THE WOODS? I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT IT IS WORK IN PROGRESS. WE ARE EXACTLY NOT WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE, BUT WE ARE ALSO NOT WHERE WE WERE IN 2015 WHEN OUR PARTY TOOK OVER. NO DOUBT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR MANIFESTO, WHICH FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER WE HAVE NOT DONE, PARTICULARLY ON ISSUES SUCH AS RESTRUCTURING. BUT, WHEN YOU PUT THAT IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE, THE POWER TO DO THAT RESIDES WITH THE LEGISLATURE, IT DOESN’T RESIDE WITH THE EXECUTIVE. HOWEVER, A DETERMINED EXECUTIVE CAN STILL PUSH THE LEGISLATURE TO DO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR FIRST FOUR YEARS, THERE WAS NO SYNERGY BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE AND SOMETIMES I WONDER IF NIGERIANS EVEN WANT SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TWO ARMS OF GOVERNMENT. I THINK NIGERIANS, SOMETIMES, BEHAVE AS IF THEY WANT ENMITY OF SOME SORT. THEY THINK THAT PROGRESS WILL COME IF THE TWO ARMS ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SEEN THE RESULT OF THAT FROM THE BUKOLA SARAKI-LED SENATE AND THE MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENCY. THAT CLEARLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SLOW PACE OF ACTIVITIES DURING THE FIRST TERM. FOR ME, GROWTH IS THE KEY, BUT STABILITY IS PROBABLY WHAT MOST NIGERIANS ARE INTERESTED IN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS WHEN WE SUFFER A REVERSAL THAT WE WILL KNOW HOW MUCH PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE. ON THE EXTENT THE FEELINGS HE HAD WHEN HE WAS LEAVING EKITI GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN 2014 INFLUENCED HIS ACTIONS IN HIS SECOND TERM AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE NATURALLY, THE REASON PEOPLE SEEK FOR A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE, IN MY VIEW, IS TO CONSOLIDATE ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. THEORETICALLY AND PRACTICALLY FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN NIGERIA, YOU CAN DO A LOT AND YOU CAN ALSO DO A LITTLE IF YOU WORKED OUT AN AGENDA BEFORE YOU COME INTO OFFICE.
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