Fayemi is shamelessly shameless – Fayose’s aide
The Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Mr. Lere Olayinka, has
described the Minister of Mines and Steel Development and former
governor of the State, Dr Kayode Fayemi as a “shamelessly shameless
man, who ordinarily should be facing trial superintending over the
looting of Ekiti treasury with reckless abandon during his four years
as governor.”
Olayinka, who declared that “Fayemi has never won any election in
Ekiti,” said; “Even the primary election that gave him the Action
Congress (AC) governorship ticket in 2006 was manipulated and those
who did the manipulation are still alive. He was roundly defeated by
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2007 and in the rerun election
of 2009 until the governorship was handed to him through the most
scandalous judicial manipulation in the history of Nigeria.”
Governor Fayose’s spokesperson, who was reacting to Fayemi’s comment
in a national daily, casting aspersion on the governor and his
government, said; “in saner climes, a man like Fayemi, who was
indicted by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for
illegally withdrawing the sum of N852.9 million from the State
Universal Education Board (SUBEB) account, making UBEC to suspend
Ekiti State from accessing any further FGN-UBE Intervention Fund will
be burying his head in shame.”
He challenged Fayemi to come out openly to declare his intention to
contest the 2018 governorship, adding that; “In Ekiti today, one
product that is a hard-sell is Dr John Kayode Fayemi and the earlier
he realises this, the better for him. When he mounts the campaign
podium, what will he be telling Ekiti people?
“Is Fayemi going to be reminding Ekiti people how he plunged the State
into debt, hunted teachers with competency test that was only meant to
reduce the number of teachers in the State, harassed local government
workers with what was known as ‘LG Boko Haram’ and sacked duly elected
council chairmen and councillors as well as council Directors of
Admin, Treasurers among others?
“It is on record that apart from regular monthly allocation and
Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) fund among others, Fayemi’s
received N46.4 billion from the Excess Crude Account, yet he took N25
billion bond and N31 billion commercial bank loan. One of such
frivolous loans was the N5 billion obtained from a commercial bank
without the Debt Management Office (DMO) approval, using Fountain
Holdings Limited, a company with N15 million share capital.
“Up till today, he is still running away from facing the State House
of Assembly to answer questions on how he looted Ekiti treasury,
especially how a limited liability company with N15 million share
capital could be used to borrow N5 billion and when it became the duty
of Fountain Holdings Limited to construct roads.”
Speaking further, the governor’s spokesperson said; “As governor,
Fayemi failed Ekiti people and as a minister, he is also failing Ekiti
people because up till today, he cannot point to one benefit Ekiti has
derived from having him as minister of Mines and Steel Development
despite the numerous solid minerals in the State.”
Source: The Nigerian Voice (local news)
