President Buhari sends best wishes to Kayode Fayemi
- Muhammadu Buhari describes his former minister of mines and steel, Kayode Fayemi, as very hardworking
- The president expresses the hope that the former governor will succeed to lead Ekiti state again
- Kayode Fayemi promises to return social services in Ekiti if elected governor
President Muhammadu Buhari has wished his former minister of mines and steel, Kayode Fayemi, well ahead of the July 14 governorship election of Ekiti state.
Buhari spoke about the coming Ekiti election on Friday, June 15, at the presidential villa in Abuja when he received the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Muslim community on a Sallah visit, Daily Trust reports.
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He said he hoped that Fayemi, who he described as very hardworking, succeeds in his quest to become governor of Ekiti state again.
He stated: "Here I have to digress and wish my former minister of mines and steel, Fayemi, well. He has been a very hardworking minister because the ministry he was leading was neglected with the overbearing economic relevance of oil. But from the days of mining of tin, columbite, coal and so on, you know this country is blessed.
"Throughout the country, we have solid minerals and I am hoping that Fayemi will succeed to lead again his state. I believe he is a very hardworking person, very patriotic, but Nigerian politics is virtually unpredictable. We are going to work very hard to fill his space in the executive council so that we keep on exploiting more and more of our solid minerals and less politicizing of our petroleum resources."
Buhari described Nigerian politics as virtually unpredictable when recalling his political journey to becoming the president.
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"What we realized between 1999-2013 as I have always said we have never realized it. It’s on record that we were producing 2.2 million barrels per day on the average, at the cost of $100 per barrel. It went up to $143 per barrel and then I think it stabilized between $80 and $90, Nigeria has never received so much money and we thank God that we have survived the crisis in no time,” the president said.
"It is amazing that we are here because we tried four times, we were up to three times at the Supreme Court and is no joke. I have suffered for this constituency just like I suffered in the military, I walked from the Royal border to the virtually on foot, because every culvert and bridge were blown up, so we had to walk and carry our luggage.”
Meanwhile, Kayode Fayemi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ekiti state has promised to return social services cancelled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration if he is elected into office.
The governorship aspirant made the promise on Thursday, June 14, during his campaign tour of Irepodun/Ifelodun and parts of Gbonyin local government area.
He said the schemes that his regime will return include payment of monthly stipends to the aged, Youth in Commercial Agriculture Development (YCAD), Youth Volunteer Corps, Entrepreneurship Scheme, Free Health Programme, rural development, The Nation reports.
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