Posted on: 10:24 Mon, 02 Nov 2015



The presidency has warned Ekiti State
governor, Ayodele Fayose, to stop
making unsubstantiated allegations
pertaining to the running of the
economy by the Muhammadu Buhari-led
government.

“The governor equally knows full
well that his party, while in
government, ruined the economy
to the extent that workers in 27
states went for several months
without salary. This crisis situation
has now been reversed in nearly
all the states. Governor Fayose is
himself in line for the collection of
his state’s bailout.

“Under the PDP federal
government, ministries were not
given overhead costs for five
months while the capital budget
was unpaid for six months in the
run-up to the exit of the PDP
administration. Is there anyone in
that party with a moral
justification to criticise the Buhari
administration which is working
hard to clean up the mess they
(PDP) left behind?”

Specifically, the presidency said
Fayose’s comment on the September
federal allocation of N389 billion
was reckless and typical of his past
unguarded outbursts.

The senior special assistant to the
president on media and publicity,
Malam Garba Shehu, who sounded
the presidency’s warning, was
reacting to remarks made by the
governor at the recent graduation
ceremony of College of Education,
Ikere-Ekiti, in which he asked
President Muhammadu Buhari to
address Nigerians on the state of the
economy.

Fayose had accused the Buhari
administration of paying out the
lowest-ever federally distributed
allocations among the three tiers of
the government.

In a chat with LEADERSHIP, Garba
Shehu dismisses Fayose’s assertion
and warned him to be careful.