Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged members of the
National Assembly from the state to support the nomination of former
Governor Kayode Fayemi when he appears for screening at the senate.
The governor gave the advice while meeting with student leaders
from the state under the aegis of Federation of Ekiti Student Union in
his office.
This is as a member of the seventh House of Representatives,
Bamidele Faparusi, has urged Fayemi, to unite different interest groups
in All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State.
Faparusi, who represented Emure/Ekiti East/Gbonyin Federal
constituency said there was the need for the party to form a formidable
force ahead of the 2018 governorship poll.
Faparusi said by his nomination, Fayemi had become the rallying
point for the party and that he must provide purposeful leadership that
would unite the party, rather than ripping it further.
“As much as I congratulate the former governor and our leader for
this feat, I want to advise that he must rise above primordial sentiment
and ensure a speedy process of reconciliation as soon as he is
confirmed by the senate and assigned a portfolio,” Faparusi added.
According to a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday by his Chief
Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, the governor said the Ekiti project
belonged to all and that everything must be done to support it.
“Ekiti is my priority. I call on all the House of Representatives
members and senators that went to Abuja from here, some people
petitioned the National Assembly stating how Fayemi sunk Ekiti into
heavy debts, I have told the members not to do that.
“It is God that judges people, not us. You must support him there.
They should not go to the Senate and oppose Kayode Fayemi, no! They must
never do that! An Ekiti man is an Ekiti man. I appeal to everybody, you
must support him.”
The governor charged the students to shun acts that could mar their
future, saying he would never ask them to engage in party politics or
thuggery.
He urged them to be mindful of the current financial situation of
the state while making their demands, promising to always treat young
people with utmost respect and love.
He promised to hand over a brand new bus donated to him during his
campaigns to the Ekiti State University Students Union Government and
another bus for the transport of the students to and fro their campus
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