Friday 17 February 2017

Adebomi Charges Ekiti Governor To Be Mature In Utterances



A governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State, Mr. Sunday Adebomi, has cautioned the state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose to show some level of maturity in governance.
Adebomi, who spoke on the backdrop of state governor’s press conference against the alleged refusal by federal government withholding the state January allocation and the support fund.
He said that the governor had created enough bad image for the state, than for him now to start being economical with the truth.
“The governor should be honourable enough to tell the people of the state, whether it is the state allocation or the support fund that is yet to be released and why it has not been released.
“I want to also implore the people of the state to ask Mr Governor, whether it is with the withholding support that the governor will pay the backlog of salaries or why the open lie against the federal government, “he queried. 
He advised him to be more matured in his utterances and face the governance that he was elected to do.
The aspirant, who is also a Captain in the US Army said that Fayose’s popularity was based on sentiments, noting that, the political development in Ekiti State is always in the news, but regretted that, it has always been negative to the state with the acronym, Fountain of Knowledge.
“We have to get things right in the state, since this man was re-elected; I know that the Ekiti people would pay dearly for the choice they had made.
“I do not share the view that Governor Fayose is not a popular politician, but his popularity is based on sentiments and not on any concrete achievements.
“Instead of addressing the salient issues in the state, especially in an environment where people are poor, the governor promotes stomach infrastructure, showing our people to the world as beggars, and this is highly downgrading on us.
“Governor Fayose also takes advantage of the culture of impunity to dominate his environment. A governor should not be associated with violent activities.
“Governor Fayose is a lucky man to have come a second time, but he should not take his luck too far.
“It is clear that Governor Fayose is a man of history, if not, Ekiti of this time does not deserve such a person as their governor, but he should ensure that he is not on the negative side of history.
“His first term was marred by politically motivated violence. Since he says he has changed, he should shun violence, settle down and concentrate on governance.
“The government should attend to the complaints of the workers with a view to solving them, knowing full well that this state is a worker state and no industry to rely on.
He should not have problems with the Federal Government. President Muhammadu Buhari cannot afford to engage in frivolity by taking up those who had wished him dead before now and still thinking negative about him.
“I have no doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari will not engage in petty squabbles or unnecessary diversions.
“If Gov. Fayose does not continue to promote and instigate violence in Ekiti State, he will have no problem with the Federal Government.