Governor Fayose hits back at President Buhari

The outspoken Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose has hit back at President Muhammadu Buhari. – He said the president does not understand anything about the Nigerian economy. – The feud between the two political titans appears unlikely to end anytime soon. The governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has dared President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest him, describing the president as a dictator. “They say he (Buhari) is coming after me, I am ready,” Mr. Fayose said in an interview on The Osasu Show. During the interview, Mr. Fayose referenced the Holy Bible – Hebrew 13: 6 – and said “it is very clear that because we have God, we fear not what men will do to us.” Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
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The governor, an unapologetic critic of Mr. Buhari, said not everybody can belong to the same political party, and that he was entitled to his view. He said Mr. Buhari was still in an analogue stage, and that the president was clueless on the nation’s economy. “I am saying it expressly; the president does not understand the economy.” “If you understand the economy you can do everything simultaneously without rocking the boat. READ ALSO: Poll – Should Fayose be arrested “You go out telling the whole world that your country is corrupt, you destroy all your people, and you expect them (foreigners) to do business with your people? “That is not how to operate,” said Mr. Fayose. The Ekiti governor insisted that President Buhari’s war against corruption was in fact selective and political in nature. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter fayose Buhari and Fayose have remained locked in a vicious war of words for some time “When (former Nigerian president) Obasanjo left prison, did he declare his assets? “The library Obasanjo has today, where did the money come from? His house in Abeokuta, where did the money come from? “Even Buhari himself declared cattle and mud houses. He said he doesn’t have money. From where did the (presidential) campaign money come from?” The governor also identified lack of electricity power and other infrastructure, including lack of capital, as the major factors against economic diversification in Nigeria. READ ALSO: Vice President Osinbajo speaks in favour of closer ties with UK “If I want to diversify, for instance, the money I got for last month was N1.3 billion. And my wage bill is N2.6 billion, aside security, electricity, water and basic essential services to the people,” he said. “Do I use this money for diversification at the expense of the people? No I can`t! “So, it is an uphill task. It is not impossible, but it an uphill task,” he said. READ ALSO: Ex-deputy speaker blasts Fayose over attacks on Obasanjo “My first counsel to the federal government is that they should stop the noise about corruption, and face this economy.” “They should be sincere more about the economy than playing to the gallery,” governor Fayose said.

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