{"id":166380,"date":"2025-06-10T10:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T09:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fayose-explains-visit-to-tinubu-in-lagos"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:17:59","slug":"fayose-explains-visit-to-tinubu-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fayose-explains-visit-to-tinubu-in-lagos","title":{"rendered":"Fayose Explains Visit to Tinubu in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has said he visited President Bola Tinubu at his Lagos residence on Monday, to encourage him.<\/p>\n<p>Fayose revealed this while addressing reporters after the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he was a staunch critic of the previous administration under Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>But Fayose insists that he always believed in Tinubu\u2019s leadership even while he was a governor elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was once a critic of the last administration but you can\u2019t compare the situation now,\u201d Fayose said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I\u2019m here to visit him for his homecoming, and encourage him to do more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always believed in President Tinubu\u2019s leadership even when I was a PDP Governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing we can do as leaders of this country, is to encourage him to lift up his hands and make the public understand that lead an economy that was down and now being stabilized,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has said he visited President Bola Tinubu at his Lagos residence on Monday, to encourage him. Fayose revealed this while addressing reporters after the meeting. According to him, he was a staunch critic of the previous administration under Muhammadu Buhari. 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