Enough of excuses, Nigerians are hungry, Fayose tells FG
*Governor Ayodele Fayose
(Nigeria) Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that what Nigerians are now desirous of hearing from the All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government is the defeat of hunger and untold hardship ravaging the country and not recycled stories of defeat of Boko Haram insurgents, which is as usual, aimed at diverting the attention of Nigerians from the fact that there is ravaging hunger at this time of the year.
The governor said it has become predictable that whenever
Nigerians cry of the pains and sufferings they are going through, the federal government
will come with stories like; “20 Chibok girls found,” “$ billion found in Mr A,
B or C bedroom,” “Boko Haram technically defeated,” “We have captured Sambisa
forest,” etc just to divert
attention.
In a statement in Ado
Ekiti on Monday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New
Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said; “It is painful that Nigeria under
President Mohammadu Buhari has become directionless either due to the cluelessness
of the president or his old age that has foisted a purposeless leadership on
the country.
He said; “This year’s Christmas is the worse in the history
of Nigeria. People cannot afford to celebrate and enjoy themselves due to the
hardship caused by the APC government. To make matters worse, the Central Bank
of Nigeria, CBN, also created artificial scarcity of cash, such that people
could not access their hard earned money in the banks as most banks in the
country do not have cash to pay their customers.”
“Like I have maintained, the main issue confronting
Nigerians now is hunger and hunger does not speak the language of political
propaganda that is being used by the APC led federal government. It is
therefore no longer about diversionary news, it is about preventing Nigerians from
dying of hunger,” he said.
The governor said “the only solution to the myriad of
problems facing the country is for those holding power in Abuja to face the sad
reality that it was the hard stance of the president, his statements against
Nigeria and its people both at home and abroad coupled with his demonstration
of hatred against some sections of the country and
desperation to crush his perceived enemies that led us to
where we are today.
“It was the president that went to foreign countries to
de-market Nigeria by calling all Nigerians thieves and dishonest people. He was
the one who created atmosphere of economic and political instability in the
country by his acts of nepotism and vindictiveness?
“Therefore, for the country to move forward, the President
must change his attitude from a vindictive military dictator to a civilian president
of all Nigerians.”
He lamented that those cabal in the presidency have hijacked
the president and his government, running the country aground, saying; “Things
were never like this at any time in the history of Nigeria apart from 1984.”
He said; “They are not running the economy of Nigeria by the
open participation of Nigerians but by some cabal, who see themselves as superior
to others. By their failure to involve those who know more than them, they have
succeeded in creating unemployment instead of three million jobs that they
promised Nigerians per year. They have taken Nigeria back to the Stone Age and
it will take several years for
the country to recover, if it will ever recover.”
Fayose, who appealed to Nigerians not to keep silent in
2017, said; “With every means of livelihood of the common people taken away from
them, free; fair and credible elections becoming a mirage, Nigerians must begin
to speak out now before the country is completely destroyed by this
directionless Federal Government.”
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