Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, on Thursday described the attempt being made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reclaim power in 2019 as a plot to continue to loot the country.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayemi made the statement while addressing newsmen at his Isan-Ekiti country home shortly after hosting APC leaders from across the state.<\/p>\n
He urged Nigerians not to use the current fuel scarcity to rate President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s performances, saying
\n\u201cWhat we are witnessing is just a normal curve in the life of any administration.<\/p>\n
We will get over it and move on, but largely President has not disappointed Nigerians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The minister described the panel of enquiry inaugurated by Gov. Ayo Fayose to probe his administration as a kangaroo one, revealing that it was an attempt to smear his reputation and render him unpopular by the PDP-led government.<\/p>\n
\u201cFayose\u2019s stock in trade is lying against someone to score political gains.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey started with the probe of N852 million UBEC fund and when they knew they could not go far, they started concocting lies and said I looted N17 billion.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us wait and see who will go to jail between Fayose and I.<\/p>\n
\u201d I have been out of office and I am still moving free, but I am sure he won\u2019t be able to walk free on the streets after losing immunity because of the way he ran the state aground.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fayemi said Nigerians would ensure that PDP didn\u2019t return to power because of the high level of looting it perpetrated while in the saddle.<\/p>\n
The Minister didn\u2019t say categorically whether he was still nursing governorship ambition.<\/p>\n
He said the APC was incurably committed to making sure that Ekiti rejoined the league of developing states by ensuring that the party won the 2018 governorship poll.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the PDP wanted to come back and do is stealing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe options for Nigerians in 2019 is not to return to the old age of criminalisation and brigandage by voting for the PDP.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing to convince Nigerians that they have changed with the shenanigans that characterised their national convention and poor performances by their governors.<\/p>\n
\u201cUp to now, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his henchmen have not apologised
\nabout how they ran the country aground.<\/p>\n
\u201d So, there is nothing to suggest that PDP remains a credible alternative to APC in 2019\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Fayemi discountenanced the attacks by his political adversaries that he had not used his ministerial position for the benefit of the state.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201dwhat I have done is measurable and clear. This government has begun the construction of a federal secretariat and housing estate in Ekiti and the rail-line was extended to this state in the Federal Government\u2019s proposal due to my intervention.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout 4,000 Ekiti indigenes are benefitting from N-power and very soon it will go up to 12,000. The proposal for kaolin exploration in Ekiti has just been completed, that of the bauxite will begin soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Buhari\u2019s government is planning to set up a cottage industry in Ekiti for the sake of the solid minerals exploration and I have enlisted small scale miners around Ijero Ekiti for them to be able to benefit from the N5b loan set up by the Bank of Industry.\u201d(NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, on Thursday described the attempt being made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reclaim power in 2019 as a plot to continue to loot the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayemi made the statement while addressing newsmen at his Isan-Ekiti […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy"],"yoast_head":"\n